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Okay, if the phamacist should get the death penalty, should we also give the death penalty to the woman who takes the abortion pills?

Of course.

In fact, if we define a "chain of culpability", she holds the top spot. She decided she wanted the child murdered, and acted with malice aforethought.

If she chooses to hire a hitman, it is the abortionist who does the actual killing. Or if she chooses to poison the child herself, it is the pharmacist who willingly and with full knowledge of her murderous intent sells her the poison.

Now as in every murder case, there may be mitigating circumstances. (For instance, a 13-year-old girl carrying her father's child, and whose father gets the death pill from the pharmacist and tells the girl to take it.) But the above legal framework is analogous to murder as we've always known it, and simplifies the case so that the culprits may be punished according to existing law.

Suppose, Person A, Person B and Person C all conspire to murder a child.

Person A drives the car to the playground, Person B lures a six year-old child into a car and Person C shoots the child in the head.

Do you believe that each person is guilty of murder, or do you believe that only Person C in guilty of murder?

Now, Suppose Person A, Person B and Person C all conspire to murder a child.

Person A decides that she wants to murder her unborn child, Person B is a friend of Person A and drives Person A to the abortion clinic, Person C is an abortion doctor and conducts the abortion procedure.

Do you believe that only each person is guilty of murder, or do you believe that only Person C in guilty of murder?

Finally, Suppose Person A, Person B and Person C all conspire to murder a child.

Person A discovers she is pregnant and realizes that she is only two weeks into the pregnancy, Person B writes a prescription for RU-486, Person C works as a pharmacist and fills Person A’s Prescription for the RU-486 otherwise known as the abortion pill.

Do you believe that only each person is guilty of murder or do you believe that only Person C in guilty of murder?

Now, would your hero, Scott Roeder be justified in killing each of the above nine people prior to their committing the actions detailed in these three scenarios?