Can a politician (lawmaker) tell me how they can reconcile killing an unborn baby as both a “crime” and a “right,” depending on who is doing the killing?

Connecticut General Statute Sec. 53a-59c states: A person is guilty of assault of a pregnant woman resulting in termination of pregnancy when such person commits assault in the first degree and (1) the victim of such assault is pregnant, and (2) such assault results in the termination of pregnancy that does not result in a live birth.

(b) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the actor, at the time such actor engaged in the conduct constituting the offense, did not know that the victim was pregnant.

(c) Assault of a pregnant woman resulting in termination of pregnancy is a class A felony.

Using the term "fetus" might ease your conscience, considering the child "less than human," if it is a mother who wants to kill her baby.

However, it is so reprehensible and shocking to the public that should a pregnant woman be assaulted, and lose the beautiful baby within, that the crime is a class A felony.

Mark Kalinowski

Norwich