Criminal Prosecutions
The horrifying view of Utah prosecutors that a pregnant woman can commit first-degree murder by delaying in consenting to major surgery will win no friends for the pro-life cause. That an argument so offensive on its face would even be brought to court is one more piece of evidence supporting the contention that the scales of justice in the U.S. today have tipped dangerously in favor of prosecutors. In ordinary as opposed to legal language, by bringing these charges, these prosecutors are so recklessly endangering this woman's right to liberty that it isn't even stretching the truth to call their action criminal.