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-----Original Message-----
From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of JD
Stewart,MD
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:53 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: Texas abortion providers face death penalty for consent forms.
Here is the printout-
Texas docs could face death penalty for certain abortions: prosecutors
group
By the Associated Press / August 30, 2005
Texas doctors who perform abortions without parental approval or after
the third trimester could face capital murder charges because of a new
law that takes effect Thursday, a prosecutors group says. A capital
murder conviction can result in the death penalty.
The Texas District and County Attorneys Association has outlined that
scenario in its new book updating the Texas penal code and in public
presentations around the state. The group says such charges could occur
under the new law because of the 2003 fetal protection law.
But key legislators said Monday that wasn't their intent. State Rep.
Ray Allen (R-Grand Prairie), who sponsored the bill, said the law may
need clearing up in a future legislative session. "I don't see the
Legislature wanting to charge doctors with capital murder based on a
technical legal issue over whether parental consent was properly
documented," Allen said.
The fetal protection law was designed to allow for prosecution of a
person who harms or kills an embryo or fetus, supporters say.
Legislators this year defined performing an abortion on an unmarried
girl under age 18 without proper consent or performing an abortion in
the third trimester that isn't covered by certain exceptions as a
"prohibited practice" in medicine.
At Tue, 30 Aug 2005, JD Stewart,MD wrote:
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>This is chilling. http://www.modernphysician.com/news.cms?newsId=3944
>
>Picture a young pregnant patient with realistic appearing credentials
>that say she is 19 receives a termination, and a week later an irate
>parent of the actual 17 year old shows up with the district attorney
>filing murder charges....
>
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>JD. Stewart, MD
>MFM up too late all night, every night
>
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JD. Stewart, MD
MFM up too late all night, every night
