State Policy Brief: Full Protections for the Unborn

Full Protections for the Unborn

Family Research Council recommends and supports legislation conferring full protections to the unborn because the state has an interest in protecting the life of society’s most vulnerable: the unborn child. Legislation that confers full protections to the unborn recognizes the unborn have the right to life, prohibits abortion at all stages (the definition of abortion excludes actions taken that attempt to save the life of the mother or the child), establishes a criminal penalty for noncompliance, indemnifies the woman (i.e., absolve her of legal liability), and creates a cause of action for the state to enforce the law.

 

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