Jury selection starts in Colorado fetus cutting case

Jury selection is under way in the trial of a woman accused of cutting another woman’s unborn baby from her womb.

About 300 potential jurors were summoned to the Boulder County courthouse Thursday to fill out written questionnaires in the case of 35-year-old Dynel Lane.

Lane is accused of luring expectant mother Michelle Wilkins to a basement and cutting the baby from her belly. Wilkins was 8 months pregnant, and the unborn girl did not survive.

Lane was charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault and unlawful termination of a pregnancy in the attack, which reignited the debate over the legal rights of fetuses.

Prosecutors say Wilkins was responding to Lane’s Craigslist ad for baby clothes. Lane then took the baby to a hospital and told staff she suffered a miscarriage.