Fetal theft

fetal theft is more common than I thought.

I find it strange. In many countries the fetus has no legal right to life so I wonder how a "fetal theft" would be prosecuted - if at all. How can you prosecute a crime against a person that has no rights? Interesting that they call it "fetal theft" and not "fetal abduction"...

Why don't we call a spade a spade anymore? What's the difference between a newborn baby and one that has 5 minutes to go still in the Mother's womb? Nothing. Just semantics.

Tip o' the hat to NealeNews.

1 comment:

  1. I'm reminded of the SF story "A Delicate Adjustment" by Elizabeth Moon in which a childless couple hijack an implantable research embryo from a laboratory.

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