Re: Texas abortion providers face death penalty for consent forms.

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD (rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com)
Tue Aug 30 16:00:54 2005


" But key legislators said Monday that wasn't their intent."..ya, right

For all those patients whose physicians will no longer even consider abortions, Tom Delay had volunteered his house to live in for the duration of the pregnancy and up until the newborn's enrollment into the armed services(......I wish to see something like that)

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Richard Chudacoff, MD

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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: > >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.... > >-- >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




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