I know that some/most of the posters in this thread, stay in this thread pretty much for discussion of the case. so, I'm going to repost a link I left in another thread.
Polls
There are 3 polls at the above page.
What happened to Laci Peterson?
Is prosecuting the killing of a fetus as 'murder' just another means of undermining legal abortions? (NOW is already bringing this issue up. When I voted I didn't want the poll to be taken as being hit by pro lifers, so while being pro life, I scued the poll a bit by voting (no, and I consider myself pro choice) I figure if enough people vote that way the NOW bunch won't be able to gripe so much! It would imply that even pro choicers consider the baby murdered along with the mother)
And the third poll:
Imposing the Death Penalty When There's No Body or Absolute Evidence That the Victim is Actually Dead
Anyway, that's the link for anyone interested.
Thanks for the information. I'll check it out.
I think what some people are missing is that the knowledge of how a human develops in the womb has expanded greatly since the days of Roe v. Wade.
I begin to think that the die-hard abortion supporters are afraid that the argument of when life begins is going farther and farther back towards conception. They know that beyond that is the territory of BIRTH CONTROL. They fear the loss of that.
They needn't worry. Humans don't have the restraint to really act (as a group) on moral grounds alone. They will always take advantage of whatever science is out there, to achieve whatever result they desire.
That baby could easily have lived outside the womb. That should be enough for anyone to consider him a human being. Some of us would consider him a human being even if he couldn't have lived outside the womb yet.
And yes, I do think the prosecuting of the killing of a fetus as "murder" is (among other things) a means of undermining legal abortions. And I think it's GREAT.