Inconsistent?

Bobby Cutts Jr. admitted to killing his girlfriend and their unborn baby girl. He was convicted of aggravated murder of the unborn fetus and was convicted of plain old murder in the death of his girlfriend. The aggravated murder charge could cost him life in prison if not his own life (death penalty).

My question: How can he be guilty of killing an unborn baby and face capital punishment for it, if we are completely permitted (and encouraged in some cases) to abort (kill) an unborn baby with the aid of a doctor or “medication”? I know this isn’t the first instance of someone being charged with murder for the death of a (wanted) fetus, but this story got me thinking about it again.

We bumped this question around at work a bit today. Two of the guys I work with agreed with the complete nonsense and inconsistency of this. The last guy spun the conversation to promote his opinion on the abortion issue (he’s never shy about voicing his opinions). “I believe they should just draw a line and name the date that a child can live outside the womb without a bunch of wires and hoses. Anything before that date is acceptable.” The problem is naming a date that everyone could agree on. Knowing that development isn’t fully complete until the last couple weeks; does this mean that abortion should be legal until the 36^th to 40^th week? And not every child develops at the same rate. I reminded him of our baby that was born in September that didn’t make it. Babies are born frequently at his age and go on to live very normal lives. How is a doctor to know what kind of support a child will need before the birth? Some assumptions can be made, but to allow this to be the deciding factor of life or death of a child is horrendous at best. It’s been proven time and time again where a doctor, after some fancy test, states that a child will be born laden with disease and disability, only to be proven wrong at the delivery.

Any admitted Pro-Choice supporter should be outraged that this man is being charged with aggravated murder for the death of his unborn daughter. This shakes the very foundation that they stand on. If this was indeed a living baby in his girlfriend’s womb, and not a blob of tissue as Pro-Choicers would have you believe, then every aborted fetus, too, is a living life and should be fought for. Every doctor performing abortions and every nurse assisting should stand the same trial as Mr. Cutts.

Where is the consistency?