More Republican BS. This time in Colorado:

Colorado bill with penalties for harming unborn child raises red flags over “personhood” status

A person who hurts a pregnant woman and causes her unborn child’s death or injury would face additional charges under a bill that got an initial nod from the House today.

House Bill 1130 sparked a ferocious debate, with Democrats arguing the bill conferred “personhood” status on a fetus and could be interpreted as criminalizing abortion.

They also claimed the measure amounted to another battle in the war on women, a contention dismissed by the sponsor, Rep. Janak Joshi, R-Colorado Springs.

“If Democrats want to shield offenders who commit crimes against pregnant women, that’s their prerogative,” he said. “If a pregnant women is beaten by an abusive husband or killed by a drunk driver, and her child does not survive, the perpetrator should not get away with those crimes.”

In those situations, a suspect could be charged with a crime against the mother, but there is no separate charge for injuring or killing her unborn child…

From DailyKos:

From State Rep Daniel Kagan (D):

“…we were unable to prevent the Republican majority in the House from passing on second reading the First Degree Homicide of the Unborn Child bill. Under some circumstances, it makes both termination of pregnancy and the use of the morning after pill a homicide. It also confers personhood on a newly fertilized egg.”