In my opinion this law is wrong. I would agree hat a violent attack on a pregnant woman is an especially awful crime that should be treated with extra severity. But it simply does not make sense to give legal rights to a person that is not yet existing. A fetus is not, properly defined, a human being and it is wrong to treat it as one.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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