Disagreeing with laws and upholding laws and arguing they should be upheld

That is exactly what I was saying, Ringo. Absolutely.Unfortunately, some states have chosen to ignore inconvenient laws, rather than go to the trouble of changing them.To wit: The domain name dumblaws.com is for sale.I argued (in a different thread) that a law that isn't prosecuted, despite ample opportunity, is null and void (the essence of my argument with Rrhain re: body mod).The fact that "fetal homicide" is being prosecuted, on a regular basis, in 37 states, put it in an entirely different category.

I suggest you direct any further comments to Ringo.

H, I've said it before, I'll say it again.I have no desire whatsoever to discuss anything with you.I let 2 threads that I started die rather than engage you in a debate.Finis.

Legal challenges to these laws, arguing that they violate Roe v. Wade or other U.S. Supreme Court precedents, have been uniformly rejected by both the federal and the state courts, including the supreme courts of California, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota.Maryland, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina and South Carolina have chosen to prosecute ONLY women for fetal homicide (with the exception of this Patel character). There have been 5 prosecutions in Canada, too.Furthermore, in 2004 , the Unborn Victims of Violence Act was passed.The law is codified in two sections of the United States Code: Title 18, Chapter 1 (Crimes), 1841 (18 USC 1841) and Title 10, Chapter 22 (Uniform Code of Military Justice) 919a (Article 119a).