On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> I don't know what the precise *legal* definition is: it just struck
> me that a law outlawing "abortion" could, if the medical definition
> were used, make naturally-occurring spontaneous abortions (later-term
> "miscarriages") illegal, too, though it escapes me who could be
> charged with the crime.
Well, if you induced a later-term miscarriage by injuring the mother, I
think everyone involved should be able to go after you for manslaughter &
civil damages. (And I think that someone has already been convicted of
manslaughter under these circumstances somewhere. I could be wrong,
though.)
Julia
