stomach, killing her fetus. In the majority of states, this is considered MURDER. (see below)
But five minutes later, the Doc. could do the exact same thing, albeit more humanely, and soicety does not bat an eye.
Does this make any sense at all?
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see e.g. NY Penal Code:
§ 125.00 Homicide defined.
"Homicide means conduct which causes the death of a person or an unborn child with which a female has been pregnant for more than twenty-four weeks under circumstances constituting murder ..."
FYI - THis is not a loaded question. In my personal opinion, making the Doc., the criminal is not the answer, yet I think a fetus that the mother intends to carry to term deserves some measure of protection, but those two beliefs lead to the absurd situation reached above.
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