A pregnant mother driving a minivan is hit by a DUI driver. Her twin fetuses die in the accident. In response, a Republican Senator sponsors a bill “that would establish the concept of 'fetal homicide -- adding stiff penalties for killing a fetus during a car accident.” The Senator, Vince Illuzzi notes that “the federal government and at least 30 states have virtually identical penalties on the books, and the state Supreme Court long ago signaled the Legislature to clarify its intention on the question of liability for an accident that claims a viable, unborn child.”
In response:
The ACLU calls the legislation a "slippery slope."
Representative Rachel Weston, a Burlington Democrat says that "violent crimes against pregnant women are a real problem, but I don't think fetal personhood put forth in this bill is the answer. There can be unintended consequences both for women's health and fetal health."
The ACLU is the organization that supports the right of neo-Nazi groups to march in Jewish neighborhoods, but won’t stand up for an unborn child.
And Weston? One has to marvel at the twisted thinking that results in the nonsense that she spews.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to this mother and her children. They deserve to be called more than “fetal personhoods.”
(Information and quotes from www.wptz.com)
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