Do you think if a Person kills a woman who is obviously pregnant, that the person should be charged with ?

Question

double homicide? By amending Roe v Wade to include the born alive-partial birth abortion, it makes it impossible to prosecute a person that knowingly killed the baby, maybe that was their intention,(Husband, boyfriend)

Answer 1

Roe v Wade only comes into affect when it is with the mothers consent and the fetus is younger then 28/24 weeks.

Answer 2

Actually, there is the Laci and Connor law which makes the act of murdering a pregnant woman come with TWO counts of murder instead of one.  This happend shortly after Laci Peterson was murdered. I'm sure you remember that she was 8 months pregnant when her husband murdered her. President George W.  Bush signed the Bill.

Answer 3

Absolutely!  

Answer 4

In the state I live in a murderer can be charged with the death of an unborn child if it can be shown that the child would have otherwise lived. The law has been successfully evoked in a couple of drunk driving cases.