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"fetal homicide" statutes

This is one area I had problems in understanding on moral gounds. Abortion is killing the fetus, and is legal because of Roe v. Wade. However, if a pregnant woman is killed during a robbery gone awry or hit-and-run or outright murder, the woman dies and so does the fetus. The guilty party then is charged with 2 counts of murder. I don't see a difference in abortion murdering and the fetus dying when the mother is murdered.

This is one area I had problems in understanding on moral gounds. Abortion is killing the fetus, and is legal because of Roe v. Wade. However, if a pregnant woman is killed during a robbery gone awry or hit-and-run or outright murder, the woman dies and so does the fetus. The guilty party then is charged with 2 counts of murder. I don't see a difference in abortion murdering and the fetus dying when the mother is murdered.

I'll explain it to you. Both are murder. However, since such a large percentage of the population is comprised of soccer moms who vote purely on thier emotional self interest, we wind up with results such as this. Soccer moms want to be able to abort their babies if they don't feel like having them. Therefore, it is legal. At the same time, Soccer moms don't want their babies to be killed if in fact they do want them, therefore, it is illegal for someone else to kill them.

Notice that the key variable here is the needs of the soccer mom, rather than the life of the baby.

And that's the way it is.

I could never figure that one out either. Maybe it
takes a special degree!
Interesting item - several months ago I had occasion to
E-Mail my State Representatives (all happen to be Democrats,
but that shouldn't make any difference).
Strangely, I started to receive mail from different
organizations, requesting donations, including petitions
to be signed. The organizations were NOW, NARAL and
Planned Parenthood. Question: From whom did they get my name and address?

Shame on me - on the donation form I wrote NO WAY and
sent it back in their prepaid envelope.
Pretty bad when one has to suspect that one's representatives sell their names and addresses on the
open market

I don't see a difference in abortion murdering and the fetus dying when the mother is murdered.

Well, you are right, but many people, including many here who are posting on these threads are confused.

Many here have posted that Conner's murder should be punished because Laci "wanted" him.

This is dangerous subjectivism. Your right not to be murdered, or mine, or even poor little Conner's, MUST NOT turn on whether society, or the Party, or even your mother, "wants" you.

You have a right not to be murdered in our law because your Creator (not Congress, not NOW, not the Party, and not your mother) has endowed you with certain inalienable rights. Hence, you can prosecute Scott for murdering Conner OR you can have unlimited late-term abortion, but you can't have both.