The problem became apparent to those of us who had never thought of it before when prosecutors began to call the killing of a fetus by someone other than his/her mother, "murder." However, it's been perfectly legal for the mother to do it herself since 1973.
An Alabama Supreme Court Justice took notice of the problem. See Alabama Justice Argues That Fetal Homicide Ruling Mandates Challenge to Roe:
According to Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker, it is a “logical fallacy” for the government to consider a fetus a person when pursuing a homicide conviction, but not in the case of a woman wanting to terminate her pregnancy through an abortion.
It's not clear which of the Logical Fallacies this falls under. But there is a definite inconsistency. Perhaps the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually provide us with some logical reasoning for the contradiction, because overturning Roe v. Wade seems highly unrealistic.
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2:42 PM 10/31/2018
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