The controversial bill would have made women who end their pregnancies subject to criminal homicide prosecutions.
women to murder charges for having abortions abruptly pulled the proposal from debate Thursday night after House members voted 65-26 to totally revamp the legislation, eliminating the criminal penalties.
McCormick had just as strongly disagreed, saying a woman who has an abortion should be in the same legal position as a woman who takes the life of a child after birth. "When I give equal protection to the unborn, that's the possibility," he said in a Wednesday evening phone interview. A sign reading"Mind Your Own Uterus" is taped on the check-in window at the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana, April 19, 2022.
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