Wed Apr 27, 2022 – 12:57 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A Republican congressman is introducing a bill to punish abortionists who commit brutal partial-birth abortions with five years to life in prison without possibility of parole, according to a report by The Daily Wire.
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a father of six, told the conservative media outfit that “[p]artial birth abortion is a cruel and gruesome means to ending human life.”
“I believe wholeheartedly that every human life is precious and that life begins in the womb,” Mullin said. “We have to fight for those who can’t fight for themselves.”
NEW: Following the discovery of premie sized aborted babies in DC, @RepMullin is introducing legislation to punish abortionists who perform gruesome partial birth abortions with 5 years to life in prison without parole. Details in @realDailyWire. https://t.co/91MMf8HJlF
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) April 26, 2022
The Daily Wire noted that Mullin’s Partial Birth Abortion Is Murder Act would levy far more severe punishments against abortionists than the law currently on the books, the Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003. In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003 in Gonzales v.
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