This is ALWAYS a touchy subject.
I have always felt that killing an unborn child is murder. There was a video tape put out years ago by a pro life group. I believe it was called "Seeing is Believing". I think any woman that is considering an abortion should see it. It might open some eyes.
Anyway......i see a drug addict who has a still birth as guilty of a crime. If it wasn't done on purpose, then i'd call it "manslaughter", as her actions had to have an impact on the child's living or dying. I would think doing a drug test on the fetus cells would tell if it got into the baby's system or not.
If a drug addict has a one hour old baby, and sits on it while it's laying on the couch and smothers it to death, what would you call that?
Yes, we are talking about a child that isn't born yet, but if you believe as i do that a human "fetus" is a person, then it's the same thing.
The Bible talks about unborn children several times, including that when John the baptist's Mom heard about Jesus (while she was pregnant with John) the baby "lept with joy". Also, it says God knew us while we were still in the womb. I'd say that should answer whether or not we are people or not before birth, if you are a Christian at least.
To me, if a woman does things that puts her baby's life at risk, before or after birth, she should be held responsible.
If a man punches a pregnant woman in the stomach, and the baby dies, he's held as a murderer, right? Why should a mother's "choice" matter ONLY if SHE chooses to kill the child? Either it's murder, or it's not.
I know that it's "lawful" to murder an unborn child if the mother doesn't want it. But just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's right. As i have stated before, during world war 2 it was legal in Germany to kill Jewish people. Does anyone here think it was right?
I also believe that there is forgivesness from God for a woman that aborts her child if she asks God to forgive here. Today, woman are taught by "planned parenthood" that it's just a tissue mass, not a child, so it's just FINE to kill it. They are mislead by groups like this. And i think if you check out how planned parenthood was started, and the beliefs they stood for back at their beginning, you'd not look so favorably at them.