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| Subject: Leftist OZschwitz cunt: Why the fight against Zoe's Law must go on - Oh no it doesn't, now STFU Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:14 am | |
| Anyone who harbours the hope that rational and informed policy debate will win out in politics cannot help but be dismayed by the fact that the "Zoe's Law" bill passed comfortably through the lower house of the NSW Parliament on a conscience vote yesterday.
The bill declares a foetus of 20 weeks or more to be a "living person" for the purpose of grievous bodily harm offences under the NSW Crimes Act. It was proposed ostensibly to address the concerns of Brodie Donegan, whose daughter Zoe was stillborn as a result of injuries sustained by Donegan in a car accident when she was 32 weeks pregnant.
Donegan's complaint was that, while the driver of the car was convicted for causing grievous bodily harm to her, including the loss of her foetus, the law did not permit the driver to be charged for causing harm to her foetus as a separate person. To enable this to occur, the foetus needed to be redefined as a legal person in its own right.
http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/why-the-fight-against-zoes-law-must-go-on-20131121-2xy36.html |
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