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House Passes Unborn Victims Legislation
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Feb 26, 2004 03:31pm |
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| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Thursday, February 26, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | House Passes Unborn Victims Legislation
The Honolulu Advertiser
The House voted Thursday to treat attacks on a pregnant woman as separate crimes aqainst both her and the fetus she is carrying. Critics say it would undermine abortion rights by giving fetuses new federal legal status.
Passage of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act was actively backed by the White House and President Bush's conservative supporters. Following enactment of the law banning "partial birth" abortions last year, the bill is this year's prime measure dealing with the unborn.
It passed 254-163 after the House rejected a Democratic-led alternative that would have increased penalties for attacks on pregnant women in which the fetus is injured or killed without conferring new rights on fetuses.
Backers further highlighted the bill by naming it in honor of Laci and Conner Peterson, the pregnant woman who was murdered in December, 2002, and her unborn child. |
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