Killer Mom Won't Be Charged

A woman in Campbell County, Virginia smothered her newborn infant. When the police arrived in her house, they discovered the baby was actually born about ten hours earlier and was already dead. The baby was under bedding and had been suffocated by her mother. Investigators said because the mother and baby were still connected by the umbilical cord and placenta.
In the state of Virginia a baby is not considered to be a separate life as long as the umbilical cord is attached and the placenta is still in the mother.
Are they serious? When does a life start? And if you don't want a child why carry the child for nine months? This is crazy and sick.