Nebraska self-defence bill would allow a person to use deadly force to protect the unborn

[Shallah Kali]

Self-defense bill criticized
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110224/NEWS01/702249842/-1

David Baker, an assistant chief in the Omaha Police Department, said the bill, if passed, could incite violence at abortion clinics.

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Legislative Bill 232 would change state law to state that a person could use deadly force to protect an unborn child.

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Omaha Sen. Brenda Council said the bill would have allowed an anti-abortion activist in Kansas to successfully claim that he shot and killed an abortion provider, Dr. George Tiller, in self-defense in 2009.

Alan Peterson of American Civil Liberties Union Nebraska said some people in the anti-abortion movement believe something “not lawful” occurs during every abortion. Therefore, he said, the bill could allow assailants to justify attacks on clinic workers and even women seeking an abortion, in the name of protecting the unborn fetus.