Reply #8: WOW!!! A rational response!!! [View All]

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Iverglas,

I wouldn't necessarily want the law to recognize that causing the death of a fetus is homicide. I FIRMLY support the right to choose for all women, and wouldn't want to jeopardize that right in any way. However, as you so cogently pointed out, a miscarriage is indeed serious not only to the fetus/child to be, but also it's INCREDIBLY damaging to the expectant mother. As such, I'm talking about the use of lethal force not to defend the fetus, but to defend the woman, who is in a more vulnerable condition (and therefore more susceptable to grave bodily harm, which is one part of how our statute defines when lethal force is justified in self-defense) because she's pregnant.

BTW, for those who think I'm some kind of a knuckle-dragging "wife beater" wearing thug who would EVER strike my wife, I'd point out that my State generally looks upon that with a very negative eye, and has been known to hold that in situations of domestic violence, the self-defense rules should be somewhat relaxed if the woman has a bona fide reason to think her spouse will harm her again. In other words, no only would it be morally repugnant to me to strike my wife intentionally, but if I did, she'd have an excellent chance of not being prosecuted for shooting me in my sleep. We both know this. :) Oh, yeah...her brother is crazy, and would stomp my ass if I ever did something like that, too.