A 37 year old Los Angeles man has been arrested for murder in connection with a suspicious miscarriage; Joshua Woodward is being held on $2 million dollars bail. Police said that an investigation revealed “suspicious circumstances” of a miscarriage. The fetus was believed to be about 13 weeks gestation.
This is a tragic yet interesting case; if Joshua Woodward can be arrested for murder in connection with a miscarriage, how could the mother of the same 13 week old child willfully “abort” the child without criminal prosecution?
This brings us to the same question that proponents and opponents of abortion battle everyday about. When does life begin? If a man can be brought up on charges of murder for his alleged role in the miscarriage of a child, how can a woman intentionally end a pregnancy without being charged with a crime?
If the liberal mantra about a woman’s right to choose is correct, Joshua Woodward shouldn’t be charged with anything other than perhaps the crime perpetrated against the mother in the case. But on the other hand, if Joshua Woodward can in fact be charged with murder, doesn’t that in fact make abortion murder by fiat?
If Joshua Woodward did in fact commit a crime against the mother of the child which caused the miscarriage and death of the 13 week old fetus; he should be charged with murder. But it’s time for a little clarity; moral clarity. Either abortion is murder or it’s not. Inducing a miscarriage by assault is murder or it’s not. They’re not mutually exclusive.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Maybe you should wait until you have the facts before assuming anything. This man is accused of murdering his unborn baby. If its murder, then clearly the mother did not know he was going to do this to her and her baby. He is the murderer not the mother. Wake up people!
October 26th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Michel, what exactly are you talking about. Of course the mother didn’t know he was going to do something to her. I didn’t say the mother was the murderer.
I was trying to illustrate the lunacy of abortion on demand.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Shannon, you are so clichet.. Seriously. You’re boring. Talk about something original.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I totally agree with Michel…
October 27th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Josh’s partner in Miami, Eric Fried is no cup of tea either. Miami is a cesspool of scum-bags restaurant owners. They’re all evil. Isn’t Karma a bhhitch???
October 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Stacy..you wrote that Shannon is so “clichet.” I’m guessing that you meant “cliche.” Clearly you’re not French..so you’ve got that going for you at least.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Stacy… the bottom line is that the mother wanted nothing more than to be a mother and loved her baby. This monster, JOSH WOODWARD, killed her baby and killed a part of her. She will most likely never trust a man again and will long for her baby for the rest of her life. Not to mention, he could have killed her in the meantime. He is a murderer and should be charged with attempted murder of the mother as well as Murder in the first degree for killing her baby!!!
Comparing the murder of her baby to an abortion is ludacris! A woman chooses abortion. She does not abort her baby without her own personal consent? Josh murdered her baby and she had no choice. This case is Murder and Abortion is a choice.
Stacy you are a smart girl and I agree with you as well. MeeginAri, your wit is so unimpressive. If correcting Stacy’s spelling is all that you got out of this discussion, then I wonder if you have anything going for you at all???
October 29th, 2009 at 4:33 am
Michel,
You said that This case is Murder and Abortion is a choice. How? Tell me how it’s okay to “abort” a pregnancy if it can be murder the other way? That argument just doesn’t hold water.
It’s murder if a woman is assaulted and has a miscarriage (I agree). But to then say abortion is a choice. Why? Just for the liberals precious “choice” argument. The one subject that liberals welcome choice; the murder of an unborn baby. That’s what’s ludicrous.
October 29th, 2009 at 8:50 am
@ stacy
FYI, josh had restaurants in NY and LA. so i dont know what all this miami talk is coming from. get the facts right you miami hating whore!!
October 30th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
First of all it is most likely a case of the “victim” trying to extort money. Establishing a criminal case to ran
Second a woman should have the right to decide what happens to the fetus inside her body. Should she have chosen to abort it, she would be choosing not to carry a fetus to full term. Her decision. If the fetus is removed from her body without consent it becomes murder. . .
October 30th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Dear Choice…
Extort money? You automatically assume that the victim is the criminal in this case? What is wrong with you? Justice will be served and then you will be eating your words.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
BTW… my original statement was directed to Shannon, not Stacy.