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...killing a pregnant woman has always had more charges. That's not political. Are you like 15 or something?
Such a law failed to go anywhere in 2001 under threat of veto by Clinton. I'm not aware of it ever being passed. Although it looks like there are some state laws on the books in some red states, so no this hasn't always been the case. So no, I'm pretty far from fifteen since I was going off of memory until I had to double check myself after your comment.
You did one Google search and didn't find anything in the first two links, wow congrats
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_pregnant_women
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unborn_Victims_of_Violence_Act
This took two fucking seconds. It actually took me longer to make this comment than to find that.
I missed one law and found the earlier attempt that failed. 2004 certainly isn't always unless you are 15.
That's just it on the federal level, you somehow managed to miss the "In the U.S., 38 states have laws with more harsh penalties if the victim is murdered while pregnant.", I guess you struggle with reading. Those laws didn't pop up recently, either. And those laws mandate an extra charge, in almost all cases, it results in two murder charges even in states where it's not specifically mandated.