As Valenti points out, South Carolina and Georgia recently tried to pass legislation called the Prenatal Equal Protection Act, which aimed to punish abortion as murder under the states' criminal codes. Texas lawmakers have also proposed legislation — often referred to as "abolish abortion bills" — to erase a distinction between abortion and homicide…
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"The state of Texas is a leader in controlling people with their penal system," said Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel and legal director at Lawyering for Reproductive Justice: If/When/How. "If a fetus is considered a person, then it's considered a child, which is a vulnerable population. … Homicide of identified vulnerable persons escalates penalties."
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