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In article <65696@hydra.gatech.EDU> jb118@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeffrey N. Burch) writes:

>This perspective allows the following rather bizarre legal scenario,
>though. A pregnant woman is on her way to a clinic to have an abortion 
>performed.  She is suddenly attacked by someone and punched very hard
>in the stomach, and her unborn child is killed.  Now she has the choice
>choice either to thank the man for doing what she was planning to do 
>(albeit in a more painful way, coupled with assault), or she can have 
>him charged with murder, depending on her "state of mind".

I guess the law is just inconsistent and needs to be changed.

I don't feel that a man who punches a woman in the stomach killing a 4-week
old fetus, should be charged with manslaughter... do you?

that seems a bit extreme to me.

What about when abortion has been made illegal... Should woman who
illegally ingests RU-486 be charged with 1'st degree murder?  

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On a totally different note...

I see no problem with discussing  a wide variety of issue on this group.
tlak.abortion is soooo high traffic, it is impossible to keep up, or
have meaningful, rational discussion with people; too much is lost amongst 
the flaming and noise.

On a group such as this, people may know each other, and thus give each other
more respect, and debates are uaually much more productive.

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