Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing [View all]
Source: AP
Updated 3:54 PM EST, February 20, 2025
Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and charging women who get abortions with murder.
No states have allowed either, but the ideas, once off the table, have gotten attention in legislatures this month.
Oklahoma lawmakers killed a bill that would have allowed murder charges after a public hearing, and North Dakota did so after a floor debate. Similar bills have been introduced before, but they haven’t been granted hearings, in part because most major anti-abortion groups oppose them.
A Missouri committee heard testimony on a bill to create a database of pregnant women deemed “at risk” of getting an abortion and connecting them with prospective adoptive parents.
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