Sheriff Candidate OK With Deadly Force To Stop Abortions

[Lakhota]

By Nick R. Martin

Frank Szabo wants the people of Hillsborough County, N.H., to know that if they elect him as sheriff this year, he will do whatever it takes to stop doctors from performing abortions — even if that means using deadly force.

In an interview on Wednesday with local television station WMUR, Szabo said he believed sheriffs were granted special powers under the Constitution. That means, he said, he would be empowered to arrest or even use deadly force against doctors for providing legal abortions for women.

“I would hope that it wouldn’t come to that, as with any situation where someone was in danger,” Szabo said. “But again, specifically talking about elective abortions and late term abortions, that is an act that needs to be stopped.”

He clarified it did not apply to cases in which the mother’s life was in danger. “That’s a medical decision. That’s out of the area I’m talking about,” he said.

More: Sheriff’s candidate Frank Szabo says deadly force OK to stop abortions | TPMMuckraker

 

[Lakhota]

Yes, he's a Republican...

 

[Old Rocks]

Going to be a dead sheriff if elected.

 

[Avatar4321]

That's ridiculous.

 

[bucs90]

Wow. On one hand, if abortion were illegal, and the doctor is doing it anyway, he could be seen as possibly causing "great bodily injury to another" which is a requirement for deadly force to be used. If the abortion is legal, however, that sheriff will find himself in prison.