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Re: Texas abortion providers face death penalty for consent forms.From: JD Stewart,MD (jdstewartmfmob@sbcglobal.net)Tue Aug 30 15:51:58 2005
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.
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