New Hampshire Defeats Bill for Proper to Kill Infants in Abortions
The New Hampshire Senate has defeated a bill that would have codified abortion as a fundamental right and provided legal shields for abortionists who kill babies, including protections against out-of-state legal actions.
In a 16-8 vote along party lines on March 5, senators rejected SB 551, the Shield Law for Reproductive Health Care Access.
Sponsored by Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, and co-sponsored by all Senate Democrats, the legislation sought to declare a right to kill babies in abortions and shield New Hampshire abortionists from external interference.
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From the pro-life perspective, the bill’s defeat preserves existing limits on abortion and prevents the state from enacting new protections that could facilitate unrestricted or interstate abortion practices. Induced abortion is the direct and intentional killing of a preborn human being and is not a right.
The bill would have allowed abortionists to commit abortions at any time for any reason, to sell the abortion pill to women out of state in violation of pro-life laws in almost 20 states, and to avoid facing penalties if a woman from a pro-life state suffered a complication as a result of the abortion.
Allowing abortionists to ship the abortion pill across the nation with zero medical care provided puts abortionists and profit ahead of women’s safety. Essentially, the medical professionals who testified in favor of the bill want free range and legal protection to profit financially by killing as many babies as they can, which selling the abortion pill across state lines allows.
The abortion pill causes hemorrhage, has a high failure rate, and can cause infection and sepsis. Buying the pill through telemedicine without a doctor’s exam increases the likelihood of complications.
Abortion remains legal in New Hampshire through 24 weeks gestation for any reason, though babies born prematurely as young as 21 weeks have survived with medical care.
