Re: Cesarean Refusal Results In Murder Charge

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Sat Mar 13 08:47:11 2004


In a message dated 3/12/04 13:17:56, islesannie@yahoo.com writes:

> "This is nothing if not a very novel legal theory," Sikora said.  "If it
> prevails, it raises questions about what a mother can or cannot do with
> respect to the safety of her unborn child.  If a doctor says this will
> be a very difficult pregnancy and you should get complete bed rest for
> the last three months and the mother doesn't and the baby is stillborn,
> is she guilty of murder? If she smokes, is it murder? If she doesn't eat
> right, is it murder?"
>

It's not really a novel theory. It's been hashed around in the circumstances of drug abusers for some years.

Joe P.





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