Oklahoma: Bill That Gives Mothers Right to Defend Unborn One Step Closer to Law

Oklahoma Could Allow Pregnant Women to Kill to Save Unborn Children
State lawmakers passed the Use of Force for the Protection of the Unborn Act this week and if the Senate approves it in a final vote, as expected, it will be sent to the governor's desk.

FOXNews.com Friday, April 03, 2009

Oklahoma lawmakers are close to approving a bill that allows pregnant women to use deadly force to protect their unborn children.

State lawmakers passed the Use of Force for the Protection of the Unborn Act this week and if the Senate approves it in a final vote, as expected, it will be sent to the governor's desk.

The bill was crafted after a Michigan woman who was carrying quadruplets stabbed and killed her boyfriend after he struck her in the stomach. The woman lost the babies and was convicted of manslaughter.

"Pregnant women who refuse to abort their child are too often attacked by their partner in an effort to force a miscarriage," said state Rep. Mike Thompson, who co-authored the bill after Americans United for Life asked him. "Women put in this position should have the legal right to defend themselves, with lethal force if necessary."

State Sen. Glenn Coffee said the measure will allow victims of domestic violence defend themselves and their unborn children.

"Unfortunately, the unborn child is often the primary target of domestic violence," Coffee said in a statement. "Domestic violence has been acknowledged as a primary cause of stillbirths and miscarriages."

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My Thoughts

This is going to be an interesting bill, if it gets passed. It throws a huge monkey wrench into the whole abortion debate.

On one hand, it gives the mother the right to protect her unborn children from intentional harm. This is a good thing. Too many men are abusing their significant others in order to force an abortion. This is a disturbing trend that I, for one, am ecstatic about the pending passage of the new law. It is a long time coming.

However, it gives credibility to the argument that the unborn is more than "just a fetus". It could open the door to further anti-abortion laws.

I, also, wonder if it might lead the way to give the fathers the right to protect their unborn and keep abortion from happening if the mother wants it but the father does not.