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New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As 'Tampering With Evidence'
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jan 24, 2013 11:05am |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Laura Bassett |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, January 24, 2013 04:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial.
House Bill 206, introduced by state Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R), would charge a rape victim who ended her pregnancy with a third-degree felony for "tampering with evidence."
“Tampering with evidence shall include procuring or facilitating an abortion, or compelling or coercing another to obtain an abortion, of a fetus that is the result of criminal sexual penetration or incest with the intent to destroy evidence of the crime," the bill says. |
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