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House committee moves bill defining fetal crimes
Associated Press ^
| Jan 21
| Jim Abrams
Posted on 01/21/2004 12:43:33 PM PST by Condor51
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:41:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON (AP)
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fetalrights; hr1997
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posted on
01/21/2004 12:43:35 PM PST
by
Condor51
To: Coleus; TexasCowboy
ping
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posted on
01/21/2004 12:50:50 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: Condor51
But he and other Republicans rejected an amendment, offered by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif. She would have increased penalties for attacks on a pregnant woman leading to the interruption of a pregnancy but not confer separate legal rights to the fetus.DUH!!!
If the fetus does not have separate legal rights, then "increased penalties for atteacks on a pregnant woman leading to the interruption of a pregnancy" would make NO sense. If the fetus is nothing more than a lump of tissue, then any law that imposing stricter sentences for harming a pregnant woman would be no more Constitutional than a law imposing stricter sentences for harming someone based on their skin color...
To: Condor51
But Democrats and abortion rights groups said the real motive was to establish "fetal personhood"
You just can't get much past these guys, can you? I mean, if you start thinking of a fetus as a human being, next thing you know they'll have the legal status of a Rottweiler or a yew tree!
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posted on
01/21/2004 12:57:59 PM PST
by
Spok
To: Spok
"...legal status of a rottweiler or yew tree"
If only a fetus were so lucky. Live oaks have more legal protection than the unborn.
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posted on
01/21/2004 1:31:44 PM PST
by
bobjam
To: Condor51
Democrats on the panel called the legislation a thinly veiled attempt to erode abortion rights. What's for Dems to object?
Doctors are exempt. Right?
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