Oklahoma’s lawmakers recently passed a new state law. The legislation will make terminating a pregnancy at all stages a felony. Governor Kevin Stitt signed the bill into law. Senate Bill 612 will have certain exemptions, such as a medical emergency involving the mother’s life.
There may be additional considerations for rape victims, eventually. But for the moment, terminating a pregnancy via an abortive medical procedure is a felony. Doctors will be fined up to $100,000 and spend as much as 10 years behind bars.
The governor’s explanation for signing this bill without reservation was poignant. “As governor, I represent all 4 million Oklahomans, and they overwhelmingly support protecting life in the state of Oklahoma. We want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country,” he announced.
As the nationwide abortion law, Roe vs. Wade, inches closer to being revisited by the U.S. Supreme Court, arguments for and against are growing louder. However, the most profound argument against it involves personal choice.
Consenting sexual partners, both males and females, are gifted with this critical choice. It’s something that should not be taken lightly. A sexual act between two human beings requires mutual consent in all cases that are not criminal.
When a man and a woman elect to make this decision, they are well aware of the conceivable consequences. There are precautions available that can virtually erase any chance of the most profound consequence; a child.
When these precautions are ignored but intercourse still happens anyhow, a possible pregnancy becomes part of the equation. This is a reality. It’s a fact well-documented in the biology chapters covering reproduction.
No one should be surprised. But who really pays the highest consequence for an “unexpected” pregnancy that is terminated? Certainly, the two consenting parties involved in the actual act are well aware of the potential outcome.
Obviously, there are situations where one party, usually the female, has not consented. Pregnancies resulting from such criminal acts must be part of an open discussion about the legal right to end a pregnancy. Even ardent Pro-Life supporters typically agree with this.
However, when sexual intercourse happens with full knowledge of the potential outcome, another human should not have to pay for the neglectful decisions of another. It’s actually that simple. Science has now determined that a viable life to present after only a few weeks.
Let’s consider one extremely viable legal argument. If someone walks up to another human being and kills them, regardless of their reasoning, it is murder. Murder is a capital crime, punishable in the United States as a felony.
Killing an unborn baby, a vulnerable human being with no protection, is as well such a heinous crime. It is murder and should be charged, at minimum, as a felony. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is correct in signing this new state law.
When a human life exists, killing that unborn infant is wrong. If our nation begins to adjudicate it properly, it will be charged as murder. Maybe then, two consenting, overly libido-charged people will think twice before playing Russian roulette with their reproductive powers.
Maintaining an orderly society must involve consequences as deterrents. Laws in the United States with consequences are written as such. Certainly, if presented with such difficult choices, some may choose to keep their pants on.
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