At least 38 states have introduced fetal homicide laws that were intended to be used against violent attacks by third parties like abusive male partners. But in South Carolina, only one case has been brought against a man for assaulting a pregnant woman, while up to 300 women have been arrested under the law, according to the National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
(emphasis mine)
1. That law must have been pretty badly written to be so broad as to allow that while not creating circumstances under which law enforcement would be obliged to be more aggressive about charging abusive men.
2. Fuck that noise.
3. Except for the part about how I don't actually want any women to experience any pregnancy trauma in the first place (broad term to include involuntary termination, voluntary termination that is stressful, unwanted pregnancy that is stressful, stillbirth, pregnancy emergencies that are scary, and pretty much anything else that makes a pregnancy a badbad thing), when someone dealing with the aftermath of such a charge snaps and commits an actual violent crime against one of the folks who wrote this law, I will have a hard time not thinking it's completely, completely justified.
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At least 38 states have introduced fetal homicide laws that were intended to be used against violent attacks by third parties like abusive male partners. But in South Carolina, only one case has been brought against a man for assaulting a pregnant woman, while up to 300 women have been arrested under the law, according to the National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
(emphasis mine)
1. That law must have been pretty badly written to be so broad as to allow that while not creating circumstances under which law enforcement would be obliged to be more aggressive about charging abusive men.
2. Fuck that noise.
3. Except for the part about how I don't actually want any women to experience any pregnancy trauma in the first place (broad term to include involuntary termination, voluntary termination that is stressful, unwanted pregnancy that is stressful, stillbirth, pregnancy emergencies that are scary, and pretty much anything else that makes a pregnancy a badbad thing), when someone dealing with the aftermath of such a charge snaps and commits an actual violent crime against one of the folks who wrote this law, I will have a hard time not thinking it's completely, completely justified.