Pregnant Alabama Woman who was shot charged with Manslaughter of her unborn baby

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Please do enlighten me under the circumstances in which this woman should be charged with manslaughter. Because I cannot imagine one.

Because somebody had to be? Granted, I don't know why they aren't both in jail. It sounds weird, and desperately needs some elaboration. I would think, if they just wanted to stick it to the blackie, they could get a twofer by nailing her husband. This is likely related to the new law they're passing/have passed, where women can get penalized for abortions, but getting yourself shot in order to abort is a bit extreme.

Why wouldn't the person who shot her point blank in the stomach be held responsible for the unborn baby's death?

Because, in majority of states, and most circumstances there is a felony murder law where

The felony murder rule is a rule that allows a defendant to be charged with first-degree murder for a killing that occurs during a dangerous felony, even if the defendant is not the killer. The felony murder rule applies only to those crimes that are considered “inherently dangerous,” as the rationale underlying the felony murder rule is that certain crimes are so dangerous that society wants to deter individuals from engaging in them altogether. Thus, when a person participates in an inherently dangerous crime, he or she may be held responsible for the fatal consequences of that crime, even if someone else caused the actual death.

While there may be qualms as to the definition of "inherently dangerous" and whether the resultant death was merged with the original cause, basically the rule should be "don't start no shit, won't be no shit". It's called the unintentional death is a felony and doesn't require intent or malice when not in the first degree.