Re: L&I Re: Is a Fetus a Person? /example/Doc/Ron

[Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D.]

"Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


Hi Doc  -  Yes I see your point, but what about the reported fact that
the insult/injury was to an *unborn* child? I am thinking about what Dr.
Ron posted regarding 'viability' as an indication of personhood, and
this fetus was very near birth, as I understand it, but correct me... :)
LDMF.
----------------------DocCec wrote:-----------------
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> DocCec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> In a message dated 98-03-29 18:52:12 EST, you write:
> 
> << A man who drove drunk into a pregnant
>  woman's car was convicted Thursday
>       of killing the woman's baby, who was born a month and a half
>  premature because of the crash. >>
> 
> In this case the death was not that of a fetus, but that of a baby, albeit one
> born prematurely.  I don't think this really has relevance to the question of
> the personhood of a fetus.  A fetus is unborn.
> Doc
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