Wichita ? Wichita is reeling from the shocking and senseless death of 14-year old Chelsea Brooks, who was murdered while nine months pregnant with her daughter, Alexa Lynn. Their murders bring to mind the much-publicized California case of Laci and Connor Peterson, whose killer, Scott Peterson, now sits on Death Row awaiting his just punishment for convictions on two counts of murder.

But in Kansas, those held in custody in Chelsea and Alexa’s deaths will be charged with only one murder: Chelsea’s.

Why is Connor’s life of greater value than that of Alexa, who was brutally killed just days away from delivery? Unlike Connor’s tragedy, which appeared on the nightly news for months, Alexa’s murder will be unjustly ignored thanks in part to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who as a Kansas legislator in 1983, opposed legislation that would have allowed prosecutions for the murder of babies in utero, because of the negative implications such a law may have had on the Kansas abortion industry.

The blog at the link below is a well-written and well-documented posting about how Sebelius, as a Kansas legislator in 1983, opposed legislation that would have allowed Alexa Brooks to be treated as an equal of Connor Peterson under the law.

One Victim or Two? By KSMeadowlark

It is an embarrassment that a state like California, which radically embraces abortion on demand without restriction, can get such a common sense matter right, while Kansas – with its volumes of pro-life legislation – cannot. It is reminiscent of the inequality that existed before the Civil War when a slave’s life only had value if he managed to reach a Free State. Thanks to Sebelius, a similar brand of injustice based on ignorance still thrives in Kansas.

On Election Day in November, Kansans will have an opportunity to do something about it.