The law required investigators 'to look at what happened before a child's birth separate from what happened after birth,' the official said. That legal requirement affords a woman the constitutional right to privacy and to have an abortion. Charging Jenkins with murder for using the cocaine that was found in the newborn's system would be like charging a woman with murder for using abortion to end a pregnancy, Richards said. It's frustrating in this situation, where a fetus is exposed to illegal drugs that can kill an adult. But the law says that anything that happens prebirth limits the district attorney's ability to file homicide charges,' the official said.
Ideas have consequences.
As Christians we must be continually vigilant to fill our minds and our lives with truth and righteousness, not falsehoods and sin. It requires hard work, discipline, and time, but it is essential.