The bill, classifying abortion as first-degree murder, was branded extreme by Democrats as it passed its first reading.

From the article:

A bill making its way through the North Carolina Legislature states it would be permissible for a person to use deadly force on a woman they believe is seeking an abortion, something Democrats have branded as “wildly extreme.”

The legislation, now only backed by Republican State Representative Keith Kidwell, would classify abortion as first-degree murder and open up the right of another person to defend the life of the unborn baby as they see fit.

“Any person has the right to defend his or her own life or the life of another person, even by the use of deadly force if necessary, from willful destruction by another person,” the bill reads. “The State has an interest and a duty to defend innocent persons from willful destruction of their lives and to punish those who take the lives of persons, born or unborn, who have not committed any crime punishable by death.”

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/republican-bill-deadly-force-stop-abortions-north-carolina-12005136

Nothing says being pro-unborn-child like murdering the mother while she’s pregnant. That’d really protect the fetus.

Who am I kidding? It’s really a cover hoping that someone will storm in and kill the doctors.

  • DahGangalang@infosec.pub
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    5 days ago

    Text of the bill:

    Subject to approval by a majority of voters during the 2026 general election, adds new Section 39 to Article I of the North Carolina Constitution as follows. Specifies that human life begins at fertilization. Recognizes a new human life as an individual person, entitled to the protection of the laws of this State from the moment of fertilization until the moment of natural death. Holds persons willfully seeking to destroy the life of another, at any stage of life, or who succeeds in doing so, accountable for first-degree murder, or attempted murder. Specifies that any person has the right to defend the life of themselves or another, even by use of deadly force if necessary, from willful destruction by another person. Specifies that the State has an  interest and a duty to defend innocent persons from willful destruction of their lives and to punish those who take the lives of persons, born or unborn, who have not committed any crime punishable by death. If approved, effective January 1, 2027.

    • Sunflier@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      Holds persons willfully seeking to destroy the life of another, at any stage of life, or who succeeds in doing so, accountable for first-degree murder, or attempted murder.

      That’s the part where I see them giving leeway to dumbfucks to just got shoot up abortion clinics. Its not really about killing the women (through they’d let that go by too) its about killing the doctors.

      *Edit: its also about killing the mom who takes her raped daughter across state lines to get an abortion elsewhere

      • DahGangalang@infosec.pub
        3·
        5 days ago

        Oh, I hadn’t considered trying to take out the docs (my initial read was focused on the mothers). That’s an especially bad feel.

    • jumjummy@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      What idiotic wording. So if I see some asshole shooting a woman who they believe is having an abortion, I guess I can then legally kill him too since “any person has the right to defend the life of themselves or another, even by use of deadly force if necessary, from willful destruction by another person.”

      Oh no, then someone can kill me for the same reason… and so on.

      • DahGangalang@infosec.pub
        1·
        5 days ago

        Well, North Carolina has some beautiful scenes. I wouldn’t mind moving in and taking the place over if they daisy chained this law into wiping themselves out completely.