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yxboom
November 25th 2007, 07:13 PM
In a ruling Wednesday, the state's highest criminal court said such cases may involve homicide charges even if a fetus is too undeveloped to survive outside the womb, The Austin American-Statesman reported Thursday.

The court said Texas law regards a fetus as an individual -- eligible for protection under homicide statutes --but the state law does not conflict with U.S. law protecting abortion rights, the newspaper said.

"The (U.S.) Supreme Court has emphasized that states may protect human life not only once the fetus has reached viability but 'from the outset of the pregnancy,'" the Texas court found. "The Legislature is free to protect the lives of those whom it considers to be human beings."

more at source (http://www.newsdaily.com/TopNews/UPI-1-20071122-21172200-bc-us-fetusmurder.xml)
$cirisme
November 25th 2007, 07:22 PM
The court said Texas law regards a fetus as an individual -- eligible for protection under homicide statutes --but the state law does not conflict with U.S. law protecting abortion rights, the newspaper said.

I'm not sure how that could even be possible? :huh:
dizzle
November 25th 2007, 07:22 PM
:joy:
dizzle
November 25th 2007, 07:23 PM
I'm not sure how that could even be possible? :huh:

Yeah I can't figure that out either, but I have long ceased expected the courts to make sense on this issue.
D. Medvedev Fan
November 25th 2007, 07:55 PM
It will be interesting to see how this affects medical procedurs vs. simple criminal acts. Also, if the prescription of birth control pills is affected at all.

Does anyone know the average rate of survival for fetuses in the first trimester of pregnancy?
Sheepdog
November 25th 2007, 07:57 PM
I'm not sure how that could even be possible? :huh:

Roe v Wade iz in ur corts, givin u cognative dissonance
Jimmy Higgins
November 28th 2007, 09:57 AM
I'm not sure how that could even be possible? :huh:I don't think many people... if any at all... believe it is right to forcefully kill a fetus against the will of a mother.

This decision is hardly as hurrah as some might think. All it does is probably make it alright to prosecute deaths of a fetus that died from force against the will of the mother.

Roe v Wade iz in ur corts, givin u cognative dissonanceRoe v Wade didn't give a green light to anyone to arbitrarily kill another mother's fetus on their own accord.
Teallaura
November 28th 2007, 10:03 AM
Jimmy, read Roe, will you? This undermines the finding in Roe (the SC already has so Texas is on safe ground).
Timothy Leary
November 29th 2007, 02:02 AM
:popcorn:
Dr. Jack Bauer
November 29th 2007, 07:40 AM
It's not really one topic, but I don't know where else to put this....

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