man involved in car crash charged with manslaughter after woman has miscarriage

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  1. kazenatsu

    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Presumably because the involuntary manslaughter law in that jurisdiction is written to cover both persons and foetuses. :cool:
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    In both cases, someone is imposing their will onto the fetus. In the latter case the woman is affected, a person who's not the one being killed.
     
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    This is a case of emotional law enforcement and charges have been created for this purpose. The manslaughter charge is illogical and put in place to get a reaction, which it obviously has. The pregnant woman should file a civil case if she wishes based on her loss, but you cannot file manslaughter without having a man who was slaughtered.
     
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    That's not very likely what a jury in Missouri is going to think.
     
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    I suppose we shall see.
     
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    Something a lot of people here may not realize, the Roe vs. Wade decision didn't automatically set the absolute precedent that a fetus is not a person, even though that is one of the supporting arguments in the decision. The primary rationale behind the decision was that the woman has a right to an abortion, not that the fetus is not a person. The state is still free to recognize fetal personhood when it does not interfere with the woman's abortion.
     
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    It's either a baby or it isn't.

    Wanted or not wanted is irrelevant to the reality of what it is.
     
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    Wouldn't happen in my country. The US elected tRump - 'nuff said about it.
     
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    A fetus doesn't have a will. She intended to give birth and was robbed of her choice. That is wrong. Getting back to caring about human life, you could use your free will to care fore, love, and nurture unwanted children. How come you only care about unborn children?
     
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    If a pregnant woman wants the baby, you can't legally force her to abort. Is she doesn't want the baby, you can't legally force her to give birth. Do you see the relevance?
     
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    That's not the point.

    If a woman aborts an unwanted child, they're able to do so because it's a "fetus" and has no rights, it's considered "part of the womans body".

    If someone intentionally/accidentally causes an unwanted abortion, it can't suddenly become "killing a baby" or "murder", if you believe the above sentence is true.

    Perspective and convenience doesn't change what it is. It is either a baby, which means in both cases it's murder, or it is not a baby, in which case neither situation is murder.
     
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    But to evade the obvious logical inconsistency, pro-choicers will try to make this all about the woman's choice. How horrible it was for her not to be able to have the baby—if she wanted it !!


    To some extent though, it must be a little counterproductive to be arguing having a baby is such a terrible thing and then to switch gears and argue on the other hand that not having that baby is also awful.
    So in the end it all comes down to the woman not getting what she wanted. Even though most of that desire concerned the life of another human being.

    Wouldn't that be like if a man accidentally killed a toddler and then the mother sued him for emotional distress because she was so heart broken?
    I don't know, it just seems to me how the mother feels about it is mostly besides the point (the direct effects on her body set aside for the moment).
    We all know there was a fatality, but pro-choicers don't want to openly recognize it as such because such an admission would open up a can of worms.

    (Of course I'm sure there are one or two pro-choicers here who genuinely believe a woman suffering a miscarriage is no worse than having her pet dog get run over, since they've truly convinced themselves fetuses are not persons. I think these must be the minority though.)
     
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    So manslaughter it is.
     
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    Theres that pesky WANTED thing again. Im glad you understand.
     
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    So let's say you don't want your 5 year old.

    If you kill him/her, but don't want them, I'm pretty sure that's still murder.
     
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    Abortion is manslaughter?
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes, like that man who fed his girlfriend crushed up abortion pills in her pancakes.
    If she wanted the baby it's murder. If she didn't want the baby, then it's not murder.

    That would be interesting if a defendant tried to prove in his defense that the woman who suffered a miscarriage was planning on having an abortion anyway.
     
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    I didn't see any arguments for killing children. A drunk killed this lady's unborn child and was charged with manslaughter. If she aborted it on her own, no crime would have been committed. Looks like justice to me. How about you?
     
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    Did you miss the thread title? She did not have an abortion.
     
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    Was it a baby or was it a fetus that was killed?
     

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