Thursday, January 21, 2010

Pregnant Women Count As Two

For insurance purposes - by the New York's Department of Health. But not by the criminal code:
So the NY State Dept. of Health is acknowledging the humanity of the person in the womb. Sometimes. If you want government funding, the baby counts as a human. But if the baby is killed (even against the mother's will,) it doesn't. Got it?
Here, in Canada, pro-life groups and MPs are working hard to bring back the Unborn Victims of Crime Act. The latter might not be as easy as it seems - while you can introduce as many private member bills as you wish, getting your private member bill in the order of precedence is literally - once in a decade opportunity. Still, as the Supporters of the Unborn Victims of Crime Act group reported in their recent e-mail release, we may actually see the bill reintroduced, once the Parliament resumes in March.

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