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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   perjury@hillaryclinton.com wrote:   
      
   >State Senate President Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, said   
   >Friday that legislation is being prepared to address attacks   
   >such as the one on Michelle Wilkins, whose fetus was cut from   
   >her womb March 18.   
   >   
   >He said the proposal would extend murder charges to the deaths   
   >of "unborn children," although Democrats, who control the House,   
   >said they passed such a measure in 2013 and would block any   
   >proposed law that would undermine abortion rights.   
   >   
   >Cadman called the Wilkins case "one of the most horrific crimes   
   >in recent memory."   
   >   
   >"This shocking lack of murder charges, in defense of an obvious   
   >murder victim, not only deeply offends our sense of humanity and   
   >justice," he said in a statement. "It also highlights a void in   
   >Colorado law that must be addressed if we want to give a measure   
   >of justice to this child that Boulder's DA can't or won't.   
   >   
   >"This was a child. This child was murdered. That Coloradans have   
   >no way to hold the murderer responsible, or deliver justice for   
   >the victims, is a gap in Colorado's justice system which can no   
   >longer be ignored."   
   >   
   >Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette, said the law he sponsored two   
   >years ago, called the Crimes Against Pregnant Women Act, gave   
   >prosecutors and judges the ability to "administer justice   
   >without taking away a woman's right to choose."   
   >   
   >The law created felony offenses for unlawful termination of a   
   >pregnancy, while excluding medical services for which the mother   
   >gives consent.   
   >   
   >Foote said bills such as the one Cadman proposed Friday, which   
   >are raised almost every session by Republicans, seek to define a   
   >fetus as a person with legal rights separate from the mother.   
   >   
   >"Those are personhood bills, and they're supported by people who   
   >want to ban abortions in all circumstances," he said. "I don't   
   >think we should do that. I don't think that's the right way to   
   >go."?   
   >   
   >http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_27800078/colorado-senate-   
   >prepare-fetal-homicide-bill?source=infinite   
      
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