11. Some anti-abortion advocates draw little distinction between killing a fetus and executing a person. 12. Such an occurrence would induce labor and probably cut the blood supply immediately, killing the fetus while it was still in the uterus. 13. The woman admitted she had been attempting to kill the fetus, which was born with a projectile in its brain and survived. 14. Twenty-six states have laws making it a crime to injure or kill a fetus, according to the New York State Catholic Conference. 15. Under the House bill, an assailant could be prosecuted for injuring or killing a fetus regardless of whether he knew that the woman was pregnant. 16. A jury convicted a man Thursday of capital murder for hiring others to beat his pregnant girlfriend and kill her fetus. 17. In one case, a wooden barbecue stick was used in an attempt to kill a fetus, she said. 18. Its label would state up front, in bold print, that use in the second or third trimester of pregnancy can kill a fetus. 19. The defense said an inflammation of the placenta, which could have at least two causes other than drug use, killed the fetus. 20. The fetus also was killed. |