Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Fetal Homicide: Crime or Accodent?', 1.
  • Essays 'Fetal Homicide: Crime or Accodent?', 2.
Extract

When a criminal attacks a pregnant woman, killing or injuring her and/or her unborn child, has he or she claimed one victim, or two? Over the past few years, we, as Americans, have considered that question in light of the much-publicized cases involving the unfortunate deaths of unborn children and/or their mothers. The term that is being used in court cases across the United States that refers to the death of an unborn child resulting from a criminal act is fetal homicide. Fetal homicide has become the topic on many American minds. …

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