Something’s missing.

In reference to Samhita’s mention in a recent post of Jessie Davis, a pregnant woman in Ohio who was murdered, I had to bring attention to its media coverage on the murder and accused boyfriend: Why isn’t anyone talking about intimate partner violence? Let’s look at some stats:

On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. The same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner.

Women are much more likely than men to be killed by an intimate partner. In 2000, intimate partner homicides accounted for 33.5 percent of the murders of women and less than four percent of the murders of men.

Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of any other cause, and evidence exists that a significant proportion of all female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.

All the media can talk about is how horrific it is and how upset the parents are, etc. But why not talk about why this happened, talk about the bigger issues at hand here?
On the other hand, some conservatives think the bigger issues involve blaming the victim for being a mother out of wedlock, among other “immoral” life choices. Amanda and Jill have more.