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More mischief, Oklahoma, Reuters reporting a few days ago.
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Anoka County, Kenneth Turner and his assault on his pregnant "girlfriend," KARE news online, this link.
The defendant's conduct against the woman, while shocking if proved, should not be presumed to be "attempted murder" of a fetus since that presupposes a community agreement on personhood of a fetus coming into being somewhere along the nine month cycle between conception to the time of natural delivery (with substantial community-wide disagreement on that presupposition especially with respect to abortion choice availability).
Reporting failed to distinguish how far along the pregnancy was. That might be a crucial point if authorities want to set a personhood threshold as time of conception or otherwise later and more in line with the trimester analysis of Roe v. Wade [versus not according personhood to a fetus at all unless or until there is a natural delivery, as is believed to be one very sensible pro-choice alternative having substantial support in the community].
If this defendant is guilty of "attempted murder" what is the slippery slope future for abortion providers? That is the problem with criminal law trying to define a personhood situation where many might dislike a prosecutorial bias arbitrarily imposed upon such a very important constitutional civil rights question. Much is at stake if wrong and ill-thought-out precedent ensues.
Great care and progressive vigilance of and within the legal system is required.
Choice haters can be very, very sneaky and backhanded in how they operate.