Fetal protection
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Fetal protection legislation in the United States refers to laws designed to grant recognition as a "legal person" to a fetus. Such legislation is controversial because of the debate over abortion rights in the US.
For example, kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach, so that she has a miscarriage, would become a special category of crime.
Laws against certain types of abortion procedures would also seem to fall into this category.
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References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Fetal_protection" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_protection, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
