If Erik Bullock had hired those killers only a month before, they would have gotten away with manslaughter. The House of Representatives is voting this week to make the killing of an unborn baby a crime if it happens in a federal jurisdiction. The measure, called the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, has the support of the House, the Senate, and the President. This is an uncontroversial bill that has passed the House before by wide margins. Abortions, protected by Roe v. Wade, are specifically exempted.
Life is a precious thing.
It was cited by Thomas Jefferson as the very first right we should protect in the Declaration of Independence. But in recent years, the law has gotten wrapped up in technicalities and confused by radical interest groups bent on creating and ensuring spurious rights the Constitution was not written to guarantee or even recognize. The right to live is no longer guaranteed. Congress is now taking an important step toward reestablishing that right for all of us, including babies. We may not be able to promise Tracy Marciniak that the crime her husband committed will never happen again.