On Tuesday, 23 October 2012, police in Walker, Louisiana
(USA) responded to a 911 call to find that a man, possibly under the influence
of psychoactive drugs, had stabbed his seven month pregnant wife and cut the
baby out of her body. There is an
unconfirmed report that the child was stabbed in the head.
The mother survived but the baby died. The father has been charged with one
charge of feticide and one charge of attempted second degree murder. Second degree murder is a
non-premeditated killing from an attack so dangerous that a result of death is
a real possibility.
Thirty-eight of the fifty United States recognize the “unborn
child” as a human homicide victim.
The laws vary in their details, with some covering differing periods of
a pregnancy.
In 2004, then United States President George W. Bush signed
the Unborn Victims of Violence Act which views unborn children as humans if
they are injured or killed during the commission of a list of specific federal
crimes, including terrorism.
The United States courts have declared that these laws do
not apply to legal abortions. My
question is, “Why not?” Is the
only difference that the murdered child is wanted and the aborted child is not?
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