It strikes me as odd that in some states, the unborn child of a pregnant mother constitutes a second victim in cases of murder, assault, and other violent crimes. Wait, stay with me. That’s not the odd part. By itself, I think it’s a laudable thing to have on the books. No, the odd part is that in those same states with these laudable laws, we have legalized abortion.
Charleston, WV (LifeNews.com) — A West Virginia man is the second person to be indicted under a law that provides protection and justice for pregnant women and their unborn children. The state’s unborn victims law, one of three dozen across the nation, allows prosecutors to hold criminals accountable for killing or injuring both mother and child.
James Louis DeGasperin, a 35 year-old teacher from Preston, is charged with killing his 25 year-old girlfriend Lori Casteel and her unborn child.
Casteel, her son Collin, and her unborn baby, were all killed when DeGasperin hit her with a baseball bat and then killed Collin with a shotgun blast.
In addition to his indictment on first degree murder in the deaths of Casteel and Collin, DeGasperin was indicted for first degree murder in the death of the baby as well because Casteel was six months pregnant at the time.
That can happen because the West Virginia legislature, in 2005, approved Senate Bill 146 and it became law that May when Gov. Joe Manchin signed it.
Under the statute, “a pregnant woman and the embryo or fetus she is carrying in the womb constitute separate and distinct victims” for purposes of the state laws governing murder, manslaughter, and certain other crimes of violence.
How the hell did we allow the pro-abortion lobby to garner so much influence that we can change the definition of a living being under certain circumstances so as not to offend?
Think about it. In the state of West Virginia, if Lori Casteel had gone into a clinic and asked for her child to be murdered by a so-called medical professional, she’d be protected under the law. In fact, so sancrosanct is that law that you dare not even protest outside of a clinic lest you be charged with racketeering and conspiracy. Yet, because that same killable fetus was done in by Ms. Casteel’s boyfriend, it’s murder.
If killing something in the womb is murder for the sake of a murder rap, how can we morally justify killing something in the womb and protecting it in the name of allowing mothers the right to “choose?”
