Murdered for Refusing An Abortion

A judge has awarded $5.8 million to the mother of a woman who was murdered for refusing an abortion, LifeNews reports. Cherica Adams was eight months pregnant when the father of her unborn child arranged for her to be killed because she refused an abortion and he did not want to pay child support. The baby survived the shooting which killed Ms Adams but he suffers from cerebral palsy and the money will go towards his medical care. Unfortunately, little of the money is likely to be paid as three of the four men responsible are in prison and one is unemployed. However, Van Brett Watkins, who fired the fatal shot has vowed to provide the family with any money he can and appears genuinely remorseful. [LifeNews.com, 16 October]

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