Georgia abortion bill including possible death penalty for doctor and mother

[elorei]

Holy crap.

http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2...lltext/hb1.htm

Yes, you read that right, death penalty is on the table for any woman receiving an abortion, or doctor perfoming an abortion if this bill passes.


edit: I just realized that the code is just referred to in the bill, here it is, in case you were wondering where i got death penalty from.

O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1


GEORGIA CODE
Copyright 2006 by The State of Georgia
All rights reserved.

*** Current through the 2006 Regular Session ***

TITLE 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES
CHAPTER 5. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
ARTICLE 1. HOMICIDE

O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1 (2006)

§ 16-5-1. Murder; felony murder


(a) A person commits the offense of murder when he unlawfully and with malice aforethought, either express or implied, causes the death of another human being.

(b) Express malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take the life of another human being which is manifested by external circumstances capable of proof. Malice shall be implied where no considerable provocation appears and where all the circumstances of the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart.

(c) A person also commits the offense of murder when, in the commission of a felony, he causes the death of another human being irrespective of malice.

(d) A person convicted of the offense of murder shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life.

HISTORY: Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 783; Code 1863, § 4217; Code 1868, § 4254; Code 1873, § 4320; Code 1882, § 4320; Penal Code 1895, § 60; Penal Code 1910, § 60; Code 1933, § 26-1002; Code 1933, § 26-1101, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.