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Richard Chudacoff, MD
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From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Griffiths
Malcolm (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital TR
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:27 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: HR 503
Presumably termination of pregnancy is treated as an exception to these
paragraphs?
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From: evsono@pipeline.com [mailto:evsono@pipeline.com]
Sent: 27 April 2001 13:48
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: HR 503
doubtless you've heard or will hear of the violence to the unborn act
which president bush will sign.
i call your collective attention to section 1841 -
" Sec. 1841. Protection of unborn children
`(a)(1) Whoever engages in conduct that violates any of the provisions
of law listed in subsection (b) and thereby causes the death of, or
bodily injury (as defined in section 1365) to, a child, who is in utero
at the time the conduct takes place, is guilty of a separate offense
under this section.
`(2)(A) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the punishment
for that separate offense is the same as the punishment provided under
Federal law for that conduct had that injury or death occurred to the
unborn child's mother.
`(B) An offense under this section does not require proof that--
`(i) the person engaging in the conduct had knowledge or should have had
knowledge that the victim of the underlying offense was pregnant; or
`(ii) the defendant intended to cause the death of, or bodily injury to,
the unborn child."
theoretically anyone offering a drink to a pregnant woman, a vendor
selling a pack of cigarettes, .... well you get the gist of the
enormity of this slippery slope.
perhaps those attending acog, in between heated discussions of vbacs in
the outback might wish to bring this to the leadership's collective
inattention.
again strictly opinion - i could be wrong.
art
art
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art fougner, md
A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
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