The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 sets a dangerous precedent for the anti-choice movement. This Federal law and the fetal homicide laws later passed by over 35 states lay critical groundwork for our judicial system to pursue an anti-choice strategy and undermine Roe v. Wade.

We can adequately punish perpetrators for violence against pregnant women without setting an anti-choice precedent. In early 2004, Senator Dianne Feinstein did just that by introducing The Motherhood Protection Act, an alternative bill which sought stiffer penalties for injuring or killing a pregnant woman and allowed prosecutors to make a double, but not separate, charge.

Send your representative a message to repeal the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, and instead pass a law like Sen. Feinstein's that protect women's reproductive rights.