SB20 Resolution, Unborn Victims of Violence
Passed unanimously at the Alaska Republican Party State Convention in Fairbanks, April 8, 2006
WHEREAS, Violent crime against pregnant women and their unborn children is on the rise in Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act was signed into law by President Bush on April 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, Scott Peterson was charged with the murders of both his wife, Laci Peterson, and his unborn son, Connor Peterson, under California law; and
WHEREAS, in Alaska the same crime may have been charged as one murder because Alaska law does not contemplate a violent crime against the unborn; and
WHEREAS, 30 states have passed laws to provide protection to unborn children; and
WHEREAS, when a criminal attacks a pregnant woman and injures or kills both her and her unborn child, he has claimed TWO human victims; and
WHEREAS, the Alaska state legislature has under its consideration a bill to remedy this situation; and
WHEREAS, this bill, known as the “Unborn Victims of Violence bill” (SB20), is in the House Judiciary Committee with a further referral to the House Finance Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Alaska Republican Party considers violent crime against unborn children in our state as a grievous; crime
THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED that the Alaska Republican Party does strongly urge the passage of SB20, the “Unborn Victims of Violence Bill.”
posted by Don Haase @ 4:42 PM
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