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To: texlok
It is an issue that society, not goverment, must deal with.

Well, there are already laws on the books that protect the preborn. If you want some examples, I can get them for you. In many states, if a pregnant woman is physically attacked and her baby is killed, the perpetuator(sp?) can be charged with either a double homicide, or a homicide and manslaughter. Yet abortion is legal.

So if the baby is 'wanted' - its considered a person, with value... but if it is 'unwanted', its just a piece of garbage? The laws are contradictory.

I'll re-word my previous question...What kind of government does not respect innocent human life?

232 posted on 09/21/2001 10:13:18 PM PDT by incindiary
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To: incindiary
> In many states, if a pregnant woman is physically attacked and her baby is killed, the perpetuator(sp?) can be charged with either a double homicide, or a homicide and manslaughter.

If you read those laws on the books dealing with that, it's to punish the attacker more, and to deal with society's feelings that pregnant women must be protected more (because they are considered vulnerable) than regular women. It's not a statement saying one way or the other what defines a life. I dont' want to say it's a feel good law or anything, but it's one of those where the DA can get a harsher punishment than one normally could.

249 posted on 09/22/2001 12:24:14 PM PDT by texlok
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