Opponents of the death penalty say they are concerned about a newly proposed that could charge a woman who gets an abortion, and a doctor who provides it, with a capital crime. It would make abortion punishable by life in prison without the possibility of parole, or death.
鈥檚 Abe Bonowitz opposes the bill, which creates aggravated abortion murder as a new capital crime. He says putting someone to death for aborting a fetus is extreme.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a ridiculous and shameful way to stir up the pot,鈥� he said.
Bonowitz questions the timing since a new Gallup poll shows support for the death penalty is dropping, even among Republicans. Ohio鈥檚 death penalty has been put on hold while the state looks for a new lethal injection method.
