Published: July 29, 1995
A man with a knife attacked his pregnant girlfriend and two other people in the woman's apartment house in the Ridgewood section of Queens yesterday, the police said.
Waldemir Diaz, 29, of the Bronx, slashed Karl Mitteibur, 71, the owner and superintendent of the Queens apartment house shortly after 3 P.M., said a police spokesman, Officer Robert Samuel.
Mr. Diaz then dashed to the fourth-floor apartment of his pregnant girlfriend, Ingrid Jorge, 21, and stabbed her in the stomach and chest, Officer Samuel said.
Her screams attracted her neighbor, Darkys Vargas, 22, who went into Ms. Jorge's apartment, where Mr. Diaz slashed her, too, the spokesman said.
All three victims were in stable conditions in Queens hospitals, he added.
In this case the attacker was interested in killing both the fetus and the woman. No rational man with a pregnant girlfriend or wife that attempts to stab the fetus is giving second thought to the woman. If she dies with the fetus the attacker could not care less. There are tragic circumstances surrounding issues of pregnancy, but, in no way should a fetus be valued over and above the life of a woman. If it weren't for the life of women, fetus wouldn't exist.
It is an outrage to realize women desperate enough to inflict deadly wounds are considered murderers when they are more victims than anyone cares to realize. The charges in Ohio are wrong and the 'idea' that fetus have a special status separate from their mothers is hideous.
When fetus are valued by a family and the woman is known to be terminally ill, there are provisions to provide for the extended 'existance' of that woman to bring about a birth. There is clear recognition that a uterus is vital to the birth of any fetus. WOMEN have a special status because they do give birth.
To begin to jail and imprison women for the sake of saving a fetus is simply a society 'gone wrong' and one out of complete balance with the priorities naturally afforded women. The Right to Life Movement is way out of line and they only exist today in status because the Neocons pander to anyone willing to vote them into POWER.
