Foeticide: Texan law counts unborn children among shooting victims

Thursday, November 9th, 2017

The youngest victim of last weekend’s the mass shooting at a Texan church was unborn.

The Texan state law requires shooting victim Crystal Holcombe’s unborn child be counted like the other victims.

Texas was among the first states to enact a foeticide law in 2003.

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