Abortion Could Lead to First Degree Murder Charges in South Dakota Lawyer Warns
By Hilary White PIERRE, July 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A lawyer in South Dakota is warning doctors that they may face charges of first-degree murder if they attempt to abort children in that state. The Associated Press reports that an attorney for the state medical association, Dave Gerdes, has circulated a memo to doctors saying that should the recently passed ban on abortion be combined with changes to a homicide statute, doctors committing abortions could be prosecuted for murder. “It is at least possible that a prosecutor or a court will decide that a physician performing a procedure qualifying […]
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