Sometimes the rough edges of life cut so deep we are compelled to do something, nay, anything to ease the pain. Murder inspires such a reaction. The murder of a pregnant woman crushes our spirits. But let’s not lose sight of something fundamental: Bad law often rises from the ashes of tragic facts.
State Rep. T. R. Rowe is blinded with rage just now. The Trumbull Republican wants to change the law so that a person who kills a pregnant woman can be charged with double homicide. If the law declares a fetus to be a person, well, Rowe reasons, life would be far simpler.
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