Women's Rights For Pregnant Women: Case Study

The bill that I decided to choose was one from the Montana Legislature that requested for an enhanced sentence for assault on a pregnant woman. It was sponsored by Keith Regier and is under the type number HB0197 or bill draft number LC0867. This bill was proposed to give a longer sentence to anyone commiting a forcible felony against a pregnant woman and has a minimun of 2 years if this crime is commited. Their must be proof that the assaulter had knowledge of the pregnancy and there is no minimun on what term the woman can be in that I've seen. I believe that this bill came up and actually got proposed because of an issue of people commiting forcible felonies against pregnant woman and harming them causing the lose of their child.
Pretty big organizations such as montana pro life coalition, which is a group that targets abortion but also helps women protect their child if needed during pregnancy. Montana coalition against domestic violence, or MCADSV, is a group that was created specifically to help women fight against domestic violence and sexual violence as well as speak out about it. Other groups are the Montana Family Foundation, Right to Life Montana and, The Republican National Coalition for Life (RNC/Life). Each of these believe in protect families and core values of
Domestic violence is sadly a fairly common issue today. Many women have reported some type of abuse, sexual or physical, and many have not. Allowing this to become a law could possibly help dwindle the number of incidents that occur and go unreported as well as them happening at all. Sexual assualt and physical abuse are a huge deal and it hasn't faded over time, women who are pregnant having to deal with such acts is obsured. Any one commiting these assualts aren't just harming the mother but also the child she carries, there for in a sense there are two victims of these actions and it should be viewed as