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Doctors Are Warned on Fetus Care - Guidelines Are Issued on Born-Alive Infants Protection Act***The Bush administration issued guidelines yesterday advising physicians and hospitals that under a 2002 law they are obligated to care for fetuses "born alive" naturally or in the process of an abortion, and medical providers could face penalties for withholding treatment.

The law, signed by President Bush nearly three years ago, conferred legal rights on fetuses "at any stage of development." It specifies that a fetus that is breathing, has a beating heart, a pulsating umbilical cord or muscle movement should be considered alive and entitled to protection under federal emergency medical laws and child abuse statutes. ...................***

32 posted on 04/25/2005 4:46:21 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Laws like this are just another form of rationalization. They basically say "sure, you can go ahead and kill as many babies as you want as long as it is done in a way that doesn't disturb anyone, but you can't kill them if you actually see them alive". What crap. Imagine a law like this extended to everyone. Sick, sick, sick.


54 posted on 04/26/2005 2:22:19 AM PDT by frankiep
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