Woman accused of cutting unborn baby from mother will not face murder charges

[countryjake]

202. That's what I call a failure to communicate...

something that happens quite a lot in threads like this. And why I seldom bother to add anything to such DU discussions anymore...back in the day, there weren't nearly so many covert anti-abortion advocates disrupting, taking down names (and stories), and generally bringing unnecessary aggravation into threads on Women's Rights. Finding common cause and making peace with those who are basically on the correct side of things grows more important by the year, as the right-wingnuts attempt to bolster and build on their despicable attack on us all.

Many years ago, I had a health department official and sheriff show up at my door, my medical records were pried open, pregnancy questioned, and the county coroner even jumped in...unbelievable invasion of my own personal tragedy. All because I'd buried my almost-four-month gestation loss of a little boy in a wool sock under a rock in my yard, a little more than three-inch fetus that my own doctor had advised me to flush down the toilet. There are people in our government who are literally drooling at the thought of being able to do this to every woman who ever became pregnant (ie. opening of past medical records via Patriot Act), monitoring all pregnancies, and controlling women's bodies, absolutely.

I am also glad (and satisfied) that the charge of unwanted pregnancy termination has been brought against that brute of a woman. My heart has ached for Michelle Wilkins ever since the news broke of what she's suffered and I was glad to see that gofundme page that JustAnotherGen posted the link for, especially the tremendous response that it's received. So many of us know the pain of losing little ones, naturally, but I think that what that family must be going thru is truly unimaginable.