[dirtboy]

But today, there is no federal law permitting prosecutors to charge suspects with taking the life of both mother and child.

Uh, maybe because this is a state issue?

[1stFreedom]

This is not a State's right issue.

The right to life is a Federal issue. I know that libertarians cringe at that though.

[JohnnyZ]

Uh, maybe because this is a state issue?

No murders have ever been tried in federal court, huh? Swift.

[wimpycat]

Once again, let me see if I can clarify this state/fed issue with respect to this bill.

This bill will have NO EFFECT ON STATE LAW!!!!

It's is ONLY APPLICABLE WHERE THERE IS FEDERAL JURISDICTION, such as a military base.

For example, if a man kicks his pregnant wife in the belly so hard that the baby is expelled from the uterus into the abdominal cavity, so that the near full-term baby suffocates, there is no provision in Federal law to charge him with anyone's death. Only assault.

This really happened at an Army or Air Force base several years ago. The baby was within a week of its due date. The husband was charged with assaulting his wife, but the baby's death? Nothing.