Murder Charge Upheld in Killing of Fetus
From Times Wire Reports
A judge has upheld murder charges against a woman accused of killing the fetus of a romantic rival, rejecting defense arguments that the state’s fetal homicide law conflicts with abortion rights.
Corinne Wilcott had argued that she couldn’t be charged with murder if the state didn’t consider the fetus to be a person.
But Erie County Judge John Trucilla ruled that although a pregnant woman can choose to have an abortion, she has no choice in an attack that kills her fetus.
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