If to the mother she lost a child, then it should be treated the same as a murder.
Seriously?
Yes, if the whole concept behind prochoice is not to dictate on behalf of the woman,
then to her if she is pregnant with a child, and that child is killed where to her it is the murder
of her child, then yes, it should be considered a murder of a person.
It had the same affect on her as murder to kill her child.
Terri Schiavo should also have been considered a human being
worth saving because most of her family also believed that.
The decision should have been respected for the family,
not dictate by the court to take "one side over another" when
the person in question left no written directives.
The state should not be in the business of dictating
to anyone "spiritual beliefs or decisions" about the lives of their loved ones.
By the time we set up means of mediating to have a consensus on
such sensitive cases, then the same process would sensitize
people and raise awareness so much, we could even prevent
abuse, violence and murder by applying this level of conflict resolution in general,
to facilitate civics education, and uniform resepct for law and order in society.
It would have a ripple effect to start respecting Consensus decisions
as the basis of law in cases involving faith-based, spiritual,
religious or political beliefs that are inherent to each person
and not to be dictated by govt.