Missouri House bills would allow murder charges to be filed over abortions
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HB 1072 and HB 1417 are both entitled the “Missouri Prenatal Equal Protection Act.” It would allow prosecutors to charge both the mother and the doctor who performed the abortion with first-degree murder. Exceptions would be allowed for medical emergencies. State Rep. Burt Whaley, R-Stone County, is sponsoring HB 1417.
“We are the defenders of life. We hold in our hands the preservation and the sanctity of life,” Whaley said before the Mo. House Committee on Children and Families. “This bill announces that we will preserve life from conception.”