In Indiana, It's Now DOUBLE Homicide to Kill a Pregnant Woman

Calvin Freiburger : Mar 27, 2018
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SEA 340 also mandates annual inspections of abortion facilities, requires that those applying for abortion facility licenses disclose any prior history of medical or legal problems at past abortion facilities, and authorizes fire departments to act as "safe havens" where mothers can anonymously give their babies up for adoption.

(Indianapolis, IN)—[LifeSiteNews.com] On Sunday, Indiana's Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation empowering prosecutors to recognize preborn babies as second victims in the murder of their mothers. (Photo: Pregnant, Baby Shoes/Creative Commons/Pixabay)

He also signed legislation strengthening scrutiny of abortion facilities.

Senate Enrolled Act 203 gives prosecutors the discretion to charge individuals with murder, voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter against a preborn baby if they did so in the course of committing the same crime against a pregnant woman.

The law applies to babies "in any stage of development," and it does not require the offender to have known the victim was pregnant or to have specifically intended the baby's death. The second homicide can add anywhere from six to twenty years' to a convict's prison sentence.

However, the law includes language clarifying that it does not apply to legal abortions, or to women who induce their own abortions.

Republican state Sens. Aaron Freeman of Indianapolis and Jean Leising of Oldenburg wrote SEA 203. In January, Freeman replied to pro-abortion critics of the bill by downplaying any connection between it and the broader abortion debate.

"I want to make it very clear that this is not an abortion bill," Freeman said, according to the Indianapolis Star. "I am just trying to give the prosecutors another avenue to prosecute folks [...] There's nothing else being intended here"...

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