US State Fetal Homicide Laws

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FYI

Check your state for Fetal Homicide Laws.

Below is the Utah Supreme Court ruling as

to the definition of " unborn child " :

Waiting for more factual information

on the State of Utah DA criminal prosecution of

a woman whose 2nd twin died, allegedly

from her refusal to undergo Ceasarean

Section.

I'm simply attempting to understand the legal

basis for the DA " criminal prosecution " .

I don't know if her physicians, hospital

personnel, social services or anyone

informed her of potential criminal prosecution

under the State of Utah's Fetal Homicide Law.

From the Concerned Women of America Website:

Abortion: Conundrums and Common Sense

http://www.cwfa.org/articles/5196/LEGAL/life/

" On January 23, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the state's fetal

homicide law, which applies to the unborn from the time of

fertilization, is constitutional. The court held in State of Utah v.

MacGuire:

Therefore, without modifying language to the contrary, the common

sense meaning of the term " unborn child " is a human being at any

stage of development in utero because once fertilization occurs, an

unborn child is an " individual human life " that is " in existence and

developing prior to birth. " . . . Consequently, we conclude that the

term " unborn child " does not render the criminal homicide statute

unconstitutionally vague. We also conclude that the terms " another "

and " persons " are not rendered unconstitutionally vague in the

aggravated murder statute by the fact that they encompass the

term " unborn child. " We therefore affirm the district court on this

issue. "

Marsha