The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is in support of protection towards punishing those that are victims of violence that lead to the cause of harm or death to a child in utero. They do not, however, agree with separating a woman and her unborn child in “the eye of the law” (American Civil Liberties Union, 2000). They view it as a threat to women 's right to terminate their own pregnancy and to direct their own health care. “It would undermine the principles underlying the right to the reproductive choice” (American Civil Liberties Union, 2000). Even though it is clearly stated in the law that it will have no correlation in regard to abortion or any choice that a woman may precede in fulfilling, there is still a uneasy fear as to how
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They believe that not only is the woman a victim but the child in the womb. "Adoption of such a single victims amendment would be a painful blow to those, who are left alive after two victim crime, because Congress would be saying that unborn children and like so many of those who have lost their lives are not really victims – instead, that they never really existed at all” (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2015). However, they did live and have a purpose, and were loved, and were violently taken from this world before they ever got to see the sun. “With both sides of the situation and the various views, such as the ACLU and the NRCL, all come down to the same belief that the pregnant woman should be protected under the law and no punishment should be enforced under any situation that the woman our unborn child is assaulted or killed” (National Right to Life, 2004). Even between both groups they support the aim towards punishment of violence against pregnant women and the recognition to the significant injuries a woman may suffer from these attacks, as well as the loss or harm to her child. Both organizations make it clear that they believe "criminal interference with the woman 's right to bear a child should be prevented and punished” (The Right to Natural Life, 2004). Although they have their differences they both came for the …show more content…
Such as the NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU, the proportions lobbies ideology apparently compels it to deny the very existence of an unborn human being in any area of the lot (American Civil Liberties Union, 2000). They would have codified the doctrine that a crime against a pregnant woman is a single victim, while also creating a new federal crime of introduction to the normal course of the pregnancy. Where are strong supporters opposing the single victim doctrine arguing that when an unborn child loses his or her life in a criminal attack the parents and society mourn the death of a separate individual rather than only the injury or loss of only the
They believe that not only is the woman a victim but the child in the womb. "Adoption of such a single victims amendment would be a painful blow to those, who are left alive after two victim crime, because Congress would be saying that unborn children and like so many of those who have lost their lives are not really victims – instead, that they never really existed at all” (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2015). However, they did live and have a purpose, and were loved, and were violently taken from this world before they ever got to see the sun. “With both sides of the situation and the various views, such as the ACLU and the NRCL, all come down to the same belief that the pregnant woman should be protected under the law and no punishment should be enforced under any situation that the woman our unborn child is assaulted or killed” (National Right to Life, 2004). Even between both groups they support the aim towards punishment of violence against pregnant women and the recognition to the significant injuries a woman may suffer from these attacks, as well as the loss or harm to her child. Both organizations make it clear that they believe "criminal interference with the woman 's right to bear a child should be prevented and punished” (The Right to Natural Life, 2004). Although they have their differences they both came for the …show more content…
Such as the NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU, the proportions lobbies ideology apparently compels it to deny the very existence of an unborn human being in any area of the lot (American Civil Liberties Union, 2000). They would have codified the doctrine that a crime against a pregnant woman is a single victim, while also creating a new federal crime of introduction to the normal course of the pregnancy. Where are strong supporters opposing the single victim doctrine arguing that when an unborn child loses his or her life in a criminal attack the parents and society mourn the death of a separate individual rather than only the injury or loss of only the