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From: barry@mit-eddie.UUCP (Mikki Barry)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Inconsistency strikes again
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 10:00:40 EST
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Remember, the man you mentioned is only being CHARGED with vehicular
manslaughter.  If the court goes by recent rulings in other states,
he will be judged innocent on the basis that a fetus is NOT a human.

Sure, the woman involved can seek civil damages, but the usual way of
determining how much money you get for the loss of a child (note, I
am NOT saying that the fetus was a child) is how much money that child
would have made over its lifetime.  It would be difficult to prove that
the fetus would definitely have been even born, not to mention born
completely healthy, so no determination can be made about how productive
said fetus would/could have been.  She might get bucks for pain and suffering.

The reason the woman and doctor are not being prosecuted is that, thank the
gods, abortion is still legal in this country.

Mikki Barry