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Four US states consider new laws for people who have abortions to be punished as murderers

South Carolina, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Indiana legislatures are considering bills that would classify abortion as homicide and therefore allow patients who have abortions to be charged with murder. Three of the states have the death penalty for murder.

All four states already have bans or very strict restrictions on abortion. South Carolina bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, North Dakota has a total ban on abortion that is currently in the courts, and Oklahoma and Indiana have complete bans already.

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Source: BMJ, 27 January 2025

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