Pellinore
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Yup, I'm aware. It passed through a GOP House and Senate during the W years, and there was and still is a lot of opposition to it saying just what I am saying; that it awards personhood to unborn fetuses, against the wishes of many. The fact that the law affects only those under direct federal jurisdiction, and that it hasn't been ruled on (as far as I know) by the Supreme Court underscore its tenuous foundation.According to you:
The government can't slap a homicide label on it if only some of the people believe that the target was legally a person.
All murders are homicides; at least 1 state -- and the federal government -- does "slap the a homicide label on it if only some of the people believe that the target was legally a person."
(18 USC 1841):
Anyone who participates in activity that violates any of the provisions of law and causes the death or bodily harm as defined in section 1365 of a child who is in utero at the time the conduct occurs is guilty of a separate crime under this section.
Thus, your statement is false.
More to the point, this is largely a distraction from the abortion debate, because this is a third party committing an act of violence against both the pregnant woman and the fetus. This law does not grant personhood to an unborn fetus in all aspects; it is talking about only in this particular situation, which is different than the one we are talking about.