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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@Elessar "“[T]he bill also proposes a revision of the fetal murder/manslaughter statute that would serve to handcuff the investigation of infant deaths unrelated to abortion,” American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) attorney Olivia Summers wrote in her analysis.
This is because the legislation prohibits investigations and criminal prosecutions for women and medical professionals for a “failure to act” in relation to a “perinatal death.”
“In other words, a baby born alive and well could be abandoned and left to starve or freeze to death,” Summers wrote, “and nothing could be done to punish those who participated in that cruel death.”
She said that the language used is unclear, so the law could be interpreted to “prevent investigations into the death of infants at least seven days AFTER their birth, and may extend to infants as old as four weeks!”
This is because the legislation prohibits investigations and criminal prosecutions for women and medical professionals for a “failure to act” in relation to a “perinatal death.”
“In other words, a baby born alive and well could be abandoned and left to starve or freeze to death,” Summers wrote, “and nothing could be done to punish those who participated in that cruel death.”
She said that the language used is unclear, so the law could be interpreted to “prevent investigations into the death of infants at least seven days AFTER their birth, and may extend to infants as old as four weeks!”
Elessar · 26-30, M
@sunsporter1649 Okay, so that's Summer's interpretation of the bill you didn't care to read. I haven't asked that, I've asked you to give me the exact reference, with page and line number where the bill in question "Legalizes Infanticide Up To 28 Days After Birth" (quoting your words)
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@Elessar "15 (e) Nothing in this section subjects a physician or other licensed medical
16 professional to liability for fetal death that occurs in the course of administering lawful
17 medical care.
18 (f) Nothing in this section applies to an act or failure to act of a pregnant [woman]
19 PERSON with regard to [her] THE PERSON’S own fetus.
16 professional to liability for fetal death that occurs in the course of administering lawful
17 medical care.
18 (f) Nothing in this section applies to an act or failure to act of a pregnant [woman]
19 PERSON with regard to [her] THE PERSON’S own fetus.
Elessar · 26-30, M
@sunsporter1649
Where do you see 28 days after birth here? You know what a "fetus" is?
15 (e) Nothing in this section subjects a physician or other licensed medical
16 professional to liability for fetal death that occurs in the course of administering lawful
17 medical care.
18 (f) Nothing in this section applies to an act or failure to act of a pregnant [woman]
19 PERSON with regard to [her] THE PERSON’S own fetus.
16 professional to liability for fetal death that occurs in the course of administering lawful
17 medical care.
18 (f) Nothing in this section applies to an act or failure to act of a pregnant [woman]
19 PERSON with regard to [her] THE PERSON’S own fetus.
Where do you see 28 days after birth here? You know what a "fetus" is?
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@Elessar Read Maryland law for time, and if you think a baby is nothing more than a fetus you are sicker than anyone thought
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@sunsporter1649
https://www.reddit.com/r/FundieSnarkUncensored/comments/tgmram/people_on_my_newsfeed_are_all_up_in_arms_about/
They are all up in arms over what ‘perinatal’ means, as it basically says a doctor does not need to perform futile heroics in a stillbirth to avoid a murder charge. These guys are pretending ‘perinatal’ could be up to 28 days after birth because that is how it is defined in an entirely separate law.
In this law, the context is pretty clear that a doctor will not face a murder charge for treating a stillbirth as a DNR at the parent’s request. That was the intent of the wording - we didn’t want pro lifers going after a doctor who honored a parent’s wish to not attempt medical heroics on a dying baby.
In this law, the context is pretty clear that a doctor will not face a murder charge for treating a stillbirth as a DNR at the parent’s request. That was the intent of the wording - we didn’t want pro lifers going after a doctor who honored a parent’s wish to not attempt medical heroics on a dying baby.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FundieSnarkUncensored/comments/tgmram/people_on_my_newsfeed_are_all_up_in_arms_about/
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@SatanBurger Tell that to Danny Thomas
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@sunsporter1649 They are talking about still births. What does an actor who was "so moved by a mass he once saw" that he donated to a children's hospital have anything to do with stillbirths?
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Really · 80-89, M
@MarmeeMarch
smartest phrase I've heard all year
I don't doubt it