tazzygirl
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Legal definition of a fetus.... quote:
A fetus is typically defined as a developing human at a certain point after conception to birth. http://definitions.uslegal.com/f/fetus/ Many states use the terms "unborn child" or "fetus/embryo". Viability has always followed medical application, including the Supreme Court. They prefer criminalizing an assault on a pregnant woman and recognizing her as the only victim. Currently, at least 38 states have fetal homicide laws. The states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. At least 23 states have fetal homicide laws that apply to the earliest stages of pregnancy ("any state of gestation," "conception," "fertilization" or "post-fertilization"); these are indicated below with an asterisk 13 states use fetus... Wis. Stat. § 940.04 (2) et seq. declare that any person who intentionally destroys the life of an unborn quick child or causes the death of the mother by an act done with intent to destroy the life of an unborn child is guilty of homicide. It is unnecessary to prove that the fetus was alive when the act so causing the mother's death was committed. Many more use both.... Its well known, to most that is... that a fetus is within the womb... child outside of it. When the "child" is born dead, its a fetal demise... not a dead child. They are given a "fetal death certificate".... http://www.odh.ohio.gov/vitalstatistics/vitalmisc/fetaldth.aspx The legal definition of "fetal death" means: "death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception... which after such expulsion or extraction does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles." So, do go on about how I dont understand the law.
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