With a woman in prison for a stillbirth, California’s murder law is tested

By ALEX WIGGLESWORTH, STAFF WRITER
DEC. 16, 2020

Adora Perez was two years into an 11-year prison sentence when she got a phone call. From inside the women’s state prison in Chowchilla, Calif., Perez listened as attorney Mary McNamara introduced herself, saying she had been looking into Perez’s case — and found it deeply flawed.

Continued: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-16/adora-perez-appeal-stillborn-murder-charge


Canada – Without new abortion laws, there’s no way to seek justice for fetal homicide victims: Robyn Urback

Without new abortion laws, there's no way to seek justice for fetal homicide victims: Robyn Urback
A man was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife — but not the full-term fetus she was carrying

Robyn Urback · CBC News
Posted: May 06, 2019

It feels heinously unjust that Nicholas Baig will serve a "life" sentence in prison, with no chance of parole for 17 years, for murdering one person — not two. The Pickering, Ont., man killed his pregnant wife, Arianna Goberdhan, in April 2017.

Baig was physically and verbally abusive, a pathetic little man who said he wanted to be rid of his wife, yet couldn't tolerate her absence. About a month after they separated, when Goberdhan went to their home one evening, Baig stabbed her 17 times, killing her and her full-term fetus.

Continued: https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/arianna-goberdhan-fetus-homicide-1.5122096