Udall: Gardner bill would have punished abortion providers more than rapists
Source: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
Just as GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Cory Gardner is looking to re-introduce himself on womens health issues, Democratic Sen. Mark Udalls campaign is set to hammer him for legislation he supported as a state lawmaker that sought to punish abortion providers more harshly than rapists.
Udalls campaign is focusing on legislation Gardner sponsored in 2007 as a state legislator, Senate Bill 143, which would have subjected physicians who perform abortions in every case but to save the pregnant womans life to class three felony charges and a sentence of up to 12 years in prison.
Thats a longer sentence than that served by the average convicted rapist in Colorado, according to a memo from Bruce Brown, the district attorney in Colorados 5th Judicial District, written for and soon to be distributed by Udalls campaign.
If Congressman Gardners law were enacted, a doctor providing abortion care for a victim of rape could be sentenced to a lengthier prison term than the average rapist serves, Brown writes.
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