South Dakota Shelves Controversial 'Justifiable Homicide' Bill

[cynatnite]

The South Dakota Legislature is shelving a bill that would allow for killing in defense of an unborn child to be considered "justifiable homicide," until it decides whether to hold a vote, amend the controversial language, or throw the bill out entirely.

Earlier this week, State Rep. Phil Jensen (R) introduced the bill, which would have added language to current South Dakota law specifying that, in some circumstances, killing someone in defense of an unborn child is "justifiable homicide." Currently, the law allows for murder as self-defense, or in defense of someone whose life appears to be in danger.

A.G. Sulzberger of the New York Times reports that House speaker Val Rausch confirmed a vote on the bill has been postponed indefinitely. A spokesman for South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) told the Times: "Clearly the bill as it's currently written is a very bad idea."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/south-dakota-shelves-justfiable-homicide-bill-to-protect-unborn-children.php?ref=fpb

[cynatnite]

1. updated with more information. n/t

[tsuki]

2. Or...oops, we got caught. We'll come back to it when the hoopla dies down. nt

[gratuitous]

3. Bingo

Like a pill you have to give your dog, this little bit of legislative mischief will be secreted in some piece of cheese and fed to the public under another guise. It'll only be after passage that someone will say, "Whoops, how did that get in there?" And by then it will be too late.

[BlueIris]

4. South Dakota is just completely FUBAR.

I feel pure pity for anyone who has to live with that maniac legislature.

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. So is Aggregated Assault on a woman that wants to have an abortion OK

I know murder is out on her if she wants to take an abortion pill ..


I get confused on their logic.