Suppose a pregnant woman trips and falls and loses the baby. Has she committed involuntary manslaughter?
2007-01-07 03:07:38 · 18 answers · asked by mullah robertson 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dragontears - abortions happen for lots of reasons too. Is something autmoatically not a crime if it happens for 'lots of reasons'?
2007-01-07 03:13:21 · update #1
Or what about this scenario. A man and a woman are driving somewhere. The amn is driving. He willfully goes througha yellow light that turns red just before he makes the intersection. The wife is injured and the baby is lost. Is the husband guilty of manslaughter?
2007-01-07 03:20:02 · update #2
allen_r, It sounds like you are saying that if the committed some negligence when she tripped, then she would indeed be guilty of manslaughter. But what else could cause a person to trip? Intent? The negilgence of another person? You don't just trip for no reason at all.
2007-01-07 03:26:43 · update #3
LMFARO!!!!! Great analogy!!! Bravo!
2007-01-07 03:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by bradxschuman 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋
When do you stop trying after the first one...do you just quit trying even though the second time around may have a different outcome. Sometimes you find out why you are miscarring. Sometimes doctors think they have fixed the problem, only to find out there is another problem. Many women have miscarriages and don't even know it. With that in mind, is it involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide? I don't think so, unless you are not seeking to fix the problem, but then you could still argue...God has a reason; therefore, are women really responsible? Bible says children are a gift...perhaps God just doesn't feel one is ready or is trying to prevent future troubles at this time, tomorrow could be a different answer. Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.
2016-05-23 03:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by chance a woman is murdered with the first two trimesters the murdered Will not be charges with two counts only one.
Under the law a fetus in not considered a life until it can survive outside the woman's body, situations such as those you stated could we a possibility if life was determined to happen at conception under law.
2007-01-07 12:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by smedrik 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. An abortion is a willful act where the person is consciously aware of the consequences of their act. A miscarriage is not even an act by the person.
In manslaughter cases there is an ACT that the person did that caused the death and usually involves some kind of negligence. A miscarriage is an act of nature. Please try to ask more intelligent questions. You are embarassing yourself.
2007-01-07 03:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by allen r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One is an accident that has nothing to do with choosing by free will to terminate the life of the child. A miscarriage unless caused by brutal or brunt force trauma upon the woman is not manslaughter.
2007-01-07 03:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It is assumed "an act of God". Most of these incidences cannot be prevented, and have NOTHING to do with the mother's fall, activities, or anything. Just random bad luck. I've had 2. They just happen.
2007-01-07 03:13:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Youre one clever turkey! I like this question, If you believe that life happens at conception then i dont see why this wouldnt be the case. Christians like claiming that life begins at birth so they can have something to attack and maybe even someone to kill (bombing abortion clinics anyone?)
2007-01-07 03:14:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
what an insulting question. you are comparing something that someone has no control over to an act that is premeditated and usually done because the woman is too selfish to consider the life of her child over her own desires.
2007-01-07 03:15:37 · answer #8 · answered by 4 Shades of Blue 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its her body she can do what she wants . . . . . .correct?
Ask her I bet she has a funeral for the baby. I bet she has suffered a loss. I bet she feels her baby has died.
God Bless
2007-01-07 03:13:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will use any excuse to derive an illogical conclusion...
and I bet you would not feel sympathy for the woman for such an act.
2007-01-07 03:11:55 · answer #10 · answered by n9wff 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A miscarriage would be an accidental death!
2007-01-07 03:12:21 · answer #11 · answered by Gee Wye 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋