The Senate just passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (S.1019) last Thursday. The act is a poorly disguised attempt to give fetuses the legal status of persons. The act will allow harsher punishment to people who injure a pregnant woman in such a way to damage or kill the baby inside her, which is great, but it's only a means to an end. From the article below: "Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) proposed a substitute amendment that had the same structure and similar penalties as the bill that passed, but did not undermine Roe v. Wade by recognizing an embryo or fetus as a separate legal "person." This amendment failed by a very close vote of 50-49." Bush is gonna sign it. We need to get these men out of office.
Prenatal Politics
by Kate Michelman
Why pregnant women are not helped by a Senate bill passed to allegedly protect them.