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Originally Posted by Jets4Life
The USA, and several other countries have enacted laws where the killing of a woman and her unborn fetus results in a double murder charge. However, abortion is still legal in all of these countries.
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I think if one is crazy enough to murder someone, the knowledge that you'll get a double murder charge for the fetus isn't going to slow you down any. You're already a nutter if you're killing someone. So there isn't any deterrent there.
I can see why the pro-life crowd would want it on the books though. It's a short jump to "if you stab a pregnant woman, and the fetus dies, but she lives, it should be a murder charge." The law is then acknowledging that the fetus is a person.