Lame Duck Bob Gets One Right

Following the last Legislative session of his time as Governor, Bob Wise has stepped up and vetoed a popular but flawed bill in a sign that maybe being a lame duck isn't so bad after all. Wise vetoed the so-called "Laci Peterson Bill", which would have criminalized assaults on fetuses as separate crimes from assaults on the mother. In spite of great opposition from pro-choice groups and medical providers (who won many concessions in last year's session regarding malpractice insurance), the bill passed nearly unanimously in both houses as the session drew to a close. Wise cited, among other reasons, that rushed passage as a reason to veto the bill.