{"id":230377,"date":"2020-09-08T10:32:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T15:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=230377"},"modified":"2020-09-10T15:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:32:45","slug":"homicide-charges-pregnant-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/homicide-charges-pregnant-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Two homicide charges for man who shot pregnant woman in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A Memphis man is being charged with two counts of first-degree homicide for the shooting death of a pregnant woman and her preborn child. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/man-charged-with-two-counts-of-murder-after-pregnant-woman-shot-to-death-in-cordova-walgreens-parking-lot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WREG<\/a>, on August 20th, 32-year-old Keierra McNeil drove to a Walgreens parking lot to meet Kevin McKinney, the father of her preborn child, to discuss co-parenting. McKinney, according to WREG, was reportedly unhappy about McNeil&#8217;s pregnancy, and wanted her to have an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>What happened next was heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/murder-expectant-couple-new-york-fetal-homicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man arrested for murder of expectant couple in New York won\u2019t be charged with fetal homicide<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A witness told authorities that McKinney emerged from the bushes near her car, and shot her several times. McNeil was six months pregnant at the time, and both she and her preborn son died at the scene. Her family said she was thrilled to be expecting her first child. \u201cHe has broken my entire family\u2019s heart,\u201d one family member, whose name was withheld, told WREG. \u201cThe magnitude of hurt. I can\u2019t even explain it.\u201d McNeil was due to have her baby shower next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo days after her death, his first set of library books arrived to the home and when we received them, it was just devastating,\u201d a family member said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The victim was pregnant and was identified as Keierra McNeil (32). The suspect, 38-year-old Kevin Mckinney, was also identified and is now in custody for 2 cts of First Degree Murder. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kvsus5x9U6\">pic.twitter.com\/kvsus5x9U6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEM_PoliceDept\/status\/1299349919283675136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, McNeil&#8217;s story isn&#8217;t the only example of <a href=\"https:\/\/lifedynamics.com\/feminist-movement-silent-as-another-woman-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violence against a pregnant woman<\/a> who refused abortion. In 2012, Life Dynamics released an <a href=\"https:\/\/lifedynamics.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Under-the-Radar-Violence-in-the-Conflict-Over-Abortion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eye-opening report<\/a>, documenting the stories of 82 pregnant women who were known to have been killed for refusing to abort their babies. Life Dynamics further noted that for several reasons, &#8220;the case studies in this document can represent\u00a0no more than the tiniest tip of an enormous iceberg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McNeil&#8217;s story also illustrates the painful reality of the conflicting patchwork of state and federal laws regarding the personhood of the preborn child. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/research\/health\/fetal-homicide-state-laws.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Conference of State Legislatures<\/a> notes that 38 states currently have fetal homicide laws. This makes sense, given that humanity is not dependent on age, and that one does not become &#8220;more human&#8221; just because one reaches a new developmental stage. Fortunately for McNeil&#8217;s family, who are mourning the loss of two beloved family members, Tennessee is among the states with a fetal homicide law. Consequently, the punishment for McKinney&#8217;s crime will reflect both losses. In other states, there would be no such equal recognition under the law.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: If you are a victim of domestic violence, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/a>, or call 1-800-799-SAFE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Memphis man is being charged with two counts of first-degree homicide for the shooting death of a pregnant woman and her preborn child. According to WREG, on August 20th, 32-year-old Keierra McNeil drove to a Walgreens parking lot to meet Kevin McKinney, the father of her preborn child, to discuss co-parenting. 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