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The conservative assault on the freedom of American women continues today in South Dakota, where the State Legislature is expected to vote on a bill that would essentially redefine what constitutes “justifiable homicide” to include the doctor or healthcare provider who performs the legal procedure of abortion if the assailant is related to the woman who receives the abortion.
 
The measure was introduced by state Rep. Phil Jensen, who tried to backtrack from his barbaric proposal yesterday after a story in Mother Jones started to gain national attention. Jensen’s explanation was that the bill has nothing to do with abortion but rather seeks to make self-defense laws “consistent” by saying that not only can a woman use force to protect her unborn child if necessary, so can her relatives if they also use force or kill someone to protect the unborn child. The clarification doesn’t change the fact that the measure still says despite the fact tha! t a woman may decide to have an abortion, a relative of hers â€" father, mother, son, daughter or husband â€" can decide to kill the person who performs that procedure and claim it was a “justifiable” murder.

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