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

[popeyespappy]

So, is Alabama a 'stand your ground' state?

nvm - it is.  Google to the rescue.

I still think it could become a slippery slope if women are punished for a pregnancy that isn't carried to term.  How far does that go?  An auto accident where the woman isn't at fault, maybe not even driving.  Any sort of accidental injury or illness that causes the pregnancy to terminate?  Women aren't just incubators whose sole purpose is carry a pregnancy to term.  What about babies born with congenital defects?  Just how far can this go?  My great grandmother lost nine.  Did that make her a serial killer?

Thinking out loud here...playing out some scenarios in my head.  They thought I was going to miscarry baby number 2 but I didn't.  I hadn't done anything it was just a fragile pregnancy.  What if the miscarriage had happened through no fault of my own?  

Anyone with ideas on this?

1. Alabama leads the country on charging women with endangering their child by taking drugs while pregnant.
2. The DA, a black woman, probably won't take this to trial, but that hasn't been decided for sure yet.
3. If it does go to trail it will probably run afoul of language in a 2006 Alabama law that allows for 2 murder charges when a pregnant woman is killed. There is a provision in the law that expressly prohibits it's use against a pregnant woman with respect to her unborn child.