[QUOTE="sonicare"][QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

If the act is done in a place where abortion is legal... you should be prosecuted for assault, nothing more.

trust_nobody

denying a woman a choice still isn't murder.

[QUOTE="sonicare"]So if you punch a pregnant women in the belly and cause her to lose the "fetus", you should not be charged with any crime? Because it's not really anything living?Oleg_Huzwog

If the act is done in a place where abortion is legal... you should be prosecuted for assault, nothing more.

yea ^ this, since the only harm being done is to the woman's body.

[QUOTE="sbtim"]

but I don't get how it constitutes a second murder. killing a pregnant woman is the same as killing any other person, since the fetus is simply part of her body. it's like saying you killed her liver.

sonicare

no, thats definitely a crime, but its not murder. you cant murder something thats not really a human being.....

I think murder, in and of itself, is pretty heinous. Does it really matter if you get charged with one or two counts of it, when the penalty is pretty severe?

sonicare

it could be the difference between life in prison and the death sentence... so yea....

what in the hell does me liking south park have to do with this topic? im sorry if asking a legit question makes me a troll.

and look up "brooke phillips " or "laci peterson" if you want some examples.

but I don't get how it constitutes a second murder. killing a pregnant woman is the same as killing any other person, since the fetus is simply part of her body. it's like saying you killed her liver.

so.. if you're wanted somehow makes that fetus a person? interesting...

sbtim

^^^that makes* god damn this lack of an edit button

so.. if you're wanted somehow makes that fetus a person? interesting...

im not really the murdering type, so no.......

I think I'm asking a valid question. The law seems inconsistent here....