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Originally Posted by gene430
If a person is charged with double murder when he murders a pregnant worman, then why does the same prosecuter fail to charge the woman with murder when she kills the same fetus (child)?
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Its the same argument that used to be applied to domestic abuse cases. I can beat the crap out of my wife and not be arrested. But you lay a hand on her and you can be arrested. Its all about ownership. If I take my 67 Olds 442 and burn a dohnut in your yard, you can arrest me for destorying private property. However if I do a brodie in my own yard, they can't do spit.
It's wrong, but that's the mentality.
We can only defeat this when there is a universal definition of "alive" and "human".