MN man accused of trying to kill wife's baby

Information from The Brainerd Daily Dispatch
AITKIN, Minn. -- A 24-year-old northern Minnesota man is charged with attempted murder of an unborn child after he allegedly kicked and punched his pregnant wife in the stomach. Rory Northrup was arrested at his rural Aitkin home last Thursday. He is charged with first-degree premeditated attempted murder of an unborn child and third-degree assault.

The 29-year-old woman reported that Northrup had beaten her. Investigators learned that the woman was pregnant and that Northrup allegedly had threatened to kill her fetus. The woman was taken to a Brainerd hospital.

Aitkin County Sheriff Scott Turner tells the Brained Dispatch he has heard that both the woman and her unborn child are going to recover. Bail for Northrup is set at $500,000 with no conditions or $100,000 with conditions. He remained in jail Tuesday.

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Comment:

Wait a minute! It’s ok for a pregnant woman to pay to have someone terminate her fetus via abortion, but if she is assaulted by someone else, there is a charge of first-degree premeditated attempted murder of an unborn child? When a woman makes an abortion decision, both she and the abortionist “premeditate” (plan to make an appointment, pay money) and “murder” (terminate the life of the fetus). What is the difference?

This is similar to the pregnant woman in Fargo (1992) who was facing “reckless endangerment” charges because she was addicted to smelling paint fumes. Read the New York Times article here. After she was arrested and jailed, she chose to have an abortion (paid for by the state, mind you). After the abortion, the charges of “reckless endangerment” had to be dropped because there was no longer a child in danger.

Are we really foolish enough to not see the hypocrisy in this situation? Neither women or their children deserve to be assaulted by anyone, be it the father of the baby or the abortionist.