Unborn Afghan Child Said to Be 17th Victim of Shootings

Unborn Afghan Child Said to Be 17th Victim of Shootings
By ROD NORDLAND
March 26, 2012

KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States military has charged Staff Sgt. Robert Bales with murder for the death of the unborn baby of one of the victims, a senior Afghan police official said on Monday.

That would explain the ongoing discrepancy between American and Afghan officials over whether Sergeant Bales killed 17 Afghan civilians, according to the military’s formal charges, or 16, the number of dead according to Afghan officials.

“The Americans are right and one of the females was pregnant, which is why they are saying 17,” Kandahar Province Police Chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq said. the rest

The section says, however, that the death penalty cannot be imposed in the death of the fetus, although it could be for premeditated murder of the mother. The section also exempts medical abortions from any penalty.

[In this article Unborn Afghan child becomes unborn baby becomes fetus becomes murdered fetus but not if it is a medical abortion for which of course there is no penalty!!! Arghhh!  The twists to making this story politically correct calls for you to check your reasoning at the door.  It's only a baby if it's wanted-something my husband heard said in a conversation with a pro-abort. Check the comments out here. -PD]