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| Subject: The good: People could be charged with killing or hurting unborn children under a new law set to be considered in OZschwitz Parliament Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:45 pm | |
| PEOPLE could be charged with killing or hurting unborn children under a controversial new law set to be considered in Parliament.
The proposed legislation has been named Zoe's Law in honour of the unborn child of Brodie Donegan, a central coast woman who was eight months pregnant on Christmas Day in 2009 when a driver on drugs ran over her.
Zoe was stillborn as a result of the injuries suffered by her mother, but the driver was not charged with Zoe's death because the law did not recognise her as a person.
''I think it's about the victims feeling that someone has taken responsibility for the baby losing its life,'' Ms Donegan said on Saturday. ''It's important for the victims to feel like their baby mattered and counted.''
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/manslaughter-counts-for-unborn-babies-20130209-2e56k.html#ixzz2KRsZb6qR
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