[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
Hi Linda,
Yes, the laws do protect the unborn from injury that affects that fetus
after it is subsequently born. The critical legal question is what
charges, if any, can be prosecuted against a person who kills an unborn
fetus.
We have a case in St. Louis where a hired gunman killed a young woman who
was pregnant. He's also charged with muder of the fetus, but the fetus
was close to term and they did an emergency Caesarian and the baby lived
for 25 days. It seems that if the baby had died before they did the
Caesarian, then Missouri law would not have allowed for the guy to be
charged with the murder of the baby.
Bill
On Sun, 29 Mar 1998 18:11:01 -0800 "Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>"Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
>
>
>Hi Steve - it seems to me that there are laws that do protect the
>unborn
>child in terms to injury to the child. Maybe we can search for that.
>But
>where the injury claimed is to the mother, as in this case, it seems
>to
>me different. Looking forward to your input. :) LDMF.
>---------------------Steve Wright
>wrote:---------------------------------
>>
>> Steve Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> Rather than saying is a fetus a person, shouldn't we ask weather a
>fetus is
>> a viable person and if so, when you kill a fetus by harming the
>mother you
>> are guilty or assault and attempted murder?
>>
>> Steve
>>
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