For us pro-lifers, this is a "no brainer". The unborn baby is a life, so it stands to reason that ending that life would be murder. I am delighted that this is being considered in my home state!Family members of murder victims spoke out Wednesday in support of proposed legislation that would recognize unborn children as victims in murder cases.
Effie Steele's 21-year-old daughter, Ebony Robinson, was expected to give birth within weeks to her son, Elijah, when her boyfriend shot and killed her in 2007.
"We don’t know if Elijah would have been a president, a doctor, a lawyer or a teacher, because he was not given that chance," Steele said at a rally at the state Legislative Building.
"I felt betrayed his murderer was not charged with double homicide," she added. "He should have been punished with two life sentences, instead of just one."
North Carolina law does not consider the death of an unborn child in a murder case to be a separate homicide. If passed, House Bill 890 would allow the state to prosecute for murder in cases where the child dies as a result of an attack on the mother.
Effie Steele's 21-year-old daughter, Ebony Robinson, was expected to give birth within weeks to her son, Elijah, when her boyfriend shot and killed her in 2007.
"We don’t know if Elijah would have been a president, a doctor, a lawyer or a teacher, because he was not given that chance," Steele said at a rally at the state Legislative Building.
"I felt betrayed his murderer was not charged with double homicide," she added. "He should have been punished with two life sentences, instead of just one."
North Carolina law does not consider the death of an unborn child in a murder case to be a separate homicide. If passed, House Bill 890 would allow the state to prosecute for murder in cases where the child dies as a result of an attack on the mother.
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