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A bill to abolish abortion in the state gets lots of support after hundreds of abolitionists gathered at the Capitol for the annual Abolition Day rally yesterday. After the rally, House Bill 3038 had triple the support of any previous abolition measure in Oklahoma history.

And it also surpassed any of the abolition bills that have been introduced in 27 other states. The bill would give equal protection under the law to fetuses in the womb.

LIFESITE NEWS

House Bill 3537, known as the Prenatal Equal Protection Act, would define embryos at any stage of development as “persons,” ensuring that “an unborn child who is a victim of homicide is afforded equal protection under the homicide laws of the state.”

“South Carolina is a deep-red state with a Republican Governor and Republican supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature. They have no excuse to avoid passing H. 3537, the only bill in South Carolina that would establish equal protection of the laws for preborn babies,” Ben Zeisloft, communications director for the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, told LifeSiteNews. “This legislation would simply apply the laws already protecting born people from murder to preborn babies as well, treating all image-bearers of God as equally valuable and worthy of protection.”

ABORTION EVERY DAY

Nearly two years after Iowa enacted a six-week abortion ban, Republicans in the state have introduced legislation that would punish abortion patients as murderers. What’s more, the bill was crafted by the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, the extremist lobbying group behind similar “equal protection” legislation across the country.

Abortion, Every Day has been screaming from the rooftops about their bills for years: we’re seeing more legislation introduced, more co-sponsors signing on, and more normalization in media coverage.

IOWA STARTING LINE

Another bill, House File 2316, would classify any form of abortion as a homicide. The bill is sponsored by Reps. Zach Dieken, Samantha Fett, Mark Cisneros, John Wills, Wendy Larson, Charley Thomson, Dean Fisher, and Craig Johnson. It redefines “person” under Iowa’s homicide and assault law to include fertilized eggs.

The bill does not include exceptions for rape or incest. It does exempt miscarriages and procedures performed to save the life of the mother.

DES MOINES REGISTER

They support House File 2316, a bill sponsored by Rep. Zach Dieken, R-Granville, and seven other Republicans. That bill would classify any abortion as a homicide, with exceptions for miscarriages and procedures performed to save the life of the mother.

Some members of the group held signs comparing abortion to slavery, murder and child sacrifice. Others held signs that read “equal justice” and advocated for House File 2316.

THE DAILY IOWAN

An Iowa lawmaker introduced legislation to abolish and criminalize abortion by classifying it as homicide under state law on Friday. The bill, introduced by Rep. Zach Dieken, R-Granville, would recognize a fetus as a person from the moment of fertilization and apply existing homicide statutes to abortion procedures.

The legislation would criminalize abortion as murder for “all parties involved, including the pregnant mother,” according to a Friday news release from the Foundation to Abolish Abortion. The legislation was written by Bradley Pierce, president of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, an advocacy group that argues abortion should be treated as a criminal act rather than regulated through gestational limits.

KOTA TERRITORY NEWS

The South Dakota House Committee of Health & Human Services voted nine to four to defer House Bill 1212 to the 41st day of the legislative session Thursday, effectively killing it. If passed, the bill would have criminalized abortion, allowing women aborting their unborn children to be held criminally liable.

“While our pro-life laws were fully in effect, a total of 768 South Dakota babies were murdered by abortion,” State Representative Tony Randolph said, arguing in favor of the bill. ”That is not a small increase. That is a 17% increase of abortions in South Dakota babies after our pro-life laws went into effect.”

KCAU 9

A bill that would have criminalized women for getting abortions in South Dakota has died in the House Health and Human Resources Committee. House Bill 1212 would have repealed a section from South Dakota law that says women who get abortions are not liable.

“You cannot abolish abortion without making it illegal for anyone, including the mother, to murder a preborn child,” said Bradley Pierce, president of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion. “You cannot protect women from being pressured to abort a preborn child unless you make it illegal for them to do so.”

APOLOGIA RADIO

Join us for the newest episode of Apologia Radio in which we give you breaking news about what just happened in South Dakota. We've been telling you for years. They proved it with their own mouths today.

KELO

Pro-life forces debated against each other in Pierre Thursday morning, as a legislative committee defeated a bill that was intended to end abortion in South Dakota.  The bill, sponsored by Representative Tony Randolph, would have applied homicide and wrongful death protection to unborn children and opened women who have an abortion to criminal charges.

Dale Bartscher of South Dakota Right to Life was among those testifying against the bill, saying his organization has passionately opposed the injustice of abortion for decades,  and has just as passionately opposed policies that would criminally punish women.

THE WESTERN JOURNAL

When both bills were heard in a two-hour subcommittee meeting in the South Carolina House earlier this month, there were hundreds of abortion activists present to testify against both bills. There were also hundreds of Christians who appeared to testify in favor of the equal protection bill. But almost nobody from the grassroots was present to testify for the regulation bill.

By the end of the subcommittee hearing, the regulation bill was advanced, and the equal protection bill was left pending without a vote. There were almost no grassroots Christians afforded the opportunity by Republican leaders to testify on the latter.

STEVE DEACE SHOW

Steve and the crew react to the developments between the White House and leaders in Minnesota and say there are some alarming parallels between this story and the early phases of COVID.

Then, Iowa State Rep. Zach Dieken joins the program to discuss a bill he has introduced in the Iowa legislature. In Hour Two, Fake News or Not reacts to a fascinating poll on X regarding how many more birthdays America could celebrate. Pop Culture Tuesday frays an already-frayed Todd.

THE BLAZE

If abortion can still be performed legally in a state through mail-order pills, that state is not “abortion-free.” If abortion numbers rise rather than fall, victory has not arrived. If pro-life groups oppose laws that would make abortion illegal for everyone, they owe the public an explanation.

Abolishing abortion requires equal protection under the law: making the killing of any human being illegal for everyone, without exception or compromise.

DEAR JANE

In Part 1 of a two-part series, they sit down with constitutional attorney Bradley Pierce, President of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, who argues that our laws should hold women criminally responsible for abortion.

This episode tackles hard questions about justice, deterrence, and whether current laws are actually ending abortion. Next week, Scott and Marcie return with Clark Forsythe of Americans United for Life to make the case against criminalization in Part 2.

LIVING GROUNDED

Writer and activist Ben Zeisloft discusses the abolitionist view of abortion. This episode is purposed to stretch us, challenge us, and force us to examine what faithfulness looks like in a complex culture.

ABORTION EVERY DAY

Republicans around the country haven’t wasted any time introducing and advancing anti-abortion legislation.

We’ve already told you about the mess in South Carolina: from “equal protection” legislation to a bill seeking to criminalize lending someone money for an abortion. But that shamelessness isn’t limited to one state.

SOUTH CAROLINA DAILY GAZETTE

A second bill taken up by the panel would do the opposite. It would intentionally punish women for having an abortion by extending all legal protections to the womb from fertilization. Abortion would be legally on par with murder. Its sponsor, Rep. Rob Harris of Spartanburg County, said he wants to end abortions by erasing women’s “complete immunity” from prosecution.

Harris’ bill, titled “Prenatal Equal Protection,” is not expected to get any traction. Other than Harris, the subcommittee heard from two speakers on his bill, one for and one against, before adjourning without a vote.

POST AND COURIER

Without taking a vote, lawmakers in a House Judiciary subcommittee voted to adjourn debate Jan. 14 on a bill backed by Spartanburg Republican Rob Harris that if passed would classify abortion as murder without any exceptions for rape and incest.

But even in its limited numbers, the so-called “abortion abolition” groups have grown more aggressive. In a press conference ahead of the start of session earlier this week, figures like Mark Corral, who leads anti-abortion group Equal Protection SC, and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Lynch criticized long-standing anti-abortion organizations who pushed the six-week ban.

MUSKOGEE POLITICO

Oklahoma State Representative Gabe Woolley filed the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act this week to completely abolish abortion in the state.

The legislation would establish equal protection of the laws for preborn babies, ensuring that the same criminal and civil laws protecting born persons also protect preborn persons.

LIFENEWS

South Carolina Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would provide equal protection to unborn children by applying the state’s homicide laws to abortion from the moment of conception, effectively banning abortions and treating it as murder.

The Prenatal Equal Protection Act, filed in the House of Representatives, would extend existing homicide and wrongful death statutes to cover the killing of an unborn child at any stage of development, imposing criminal penalties on all involved parties, including the pregnant woman.