Named "Drew's Law" after the unborn baby of Danielle and Dustin Steinberger, a new Indiana law is set to criminalize taking the life of an unborn child as a result of a reckless driving or DUI accident. 

In 2002, the Indiana General Assembly faced the same bill and did not pass it, and now the assembly will again vote on the movement in its current short session. The bill will be discussed in a committee hearing today. The bill does bring up some ethical questions that center around the abortion debate, and the previous go-around the bill became highly politicized as a result. It should be said the bill excludes any language having to do with abortions performed in compliance with the laws of the state. 

The bill is named for Drew Steinberger, who lost his life two weeks before his due date on New Year's Eve. The accident occurred during a head-on collision when another driver crossed the center divider; that driver had a history of motor vehicle violations, adding fuel to the fire. 

Indiana would be in the minority if it passes Drew's Law; 60% of states do not criminalize the death of an unborn child. The Steinbergers actually reside in Ohio, where the incident would have been punished. Since they were over the state line, however, the driver was not charged with the death of the child.

Indiana does criminalize a similar act if a gunman incidentally causes injury to an unborn child in the process of an act of violence against a woman; the Steinbergers see this bill in-keeping with that existing law. Similarly, it is a Class C felony to cause the death of another person in a reckless or drunken driving accident in the state. Drew's Law would add "termination of pregnancy" to this current law.