An Alaska House member has proposed a bill that seeks to establish definitions of “life” and “person” in criminal law, prompting dozens of Alaskans to testify against it, saying it would unconstitutionally limit abortions in the state. Rep. Kevin McCabe, R-Big Lake, said his bill is “simply my attempt to define life for the statute” […] The post Proposal to define a fetus as a person in Alaska’s criminal code faces pushback appeared first on Alaska Beacon.

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