Reply #44: I'd call it assault also, and practicing medicine without a license.

[uppityperson]

I don't care if laws stand that call it murder, I disagree. Those laws should be changed and yes, it is a slippery slope.

Reasoning: It is a slippery slope because how laws are interpreted is based on precedent. If there is a law which has never been used, come to trial, the first time is wide open to interpretation by judicial branch. If judicial branch determines causing a miscarriage is murder, it can then be said (by precedent) that accompanying someone to get an abortion is murder, or doing/getting an abortion.

One good thing about cases like this is they bring such laws to public notice and perhaps they can be changed. Perhaps the judge will set precedent that this is not murder.