wow - really interesting: unborn afghan child said to be 17th victim of shootings

i had wondered why bales was being charged with 17 counts of murder, not 16 as had been initially reported.  i guess this is the answer.

does the us government have an official stance about when life begins?  it would appear, from this law, that they do.  i would love to learn more about the impetus behind writing this into the uniform code of military justice.