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Remember Their Names.(fetal rights)
Some pro-abortion leaders, like Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt, and some United States senators, like John Kerry of Massachusetts, believe that there are no unborn victims of violence.
Carol Lyons of Scott County, Kentucky, knows better. Her 18-year-old daughter, Ashley, and her unborn grandson, Landon, died together at the hands of a murderer on January 7.
"Nobody can tell me that there were not two victims - - I placed Landon in his mother's arms, wrapped in a baby blanket that I had sewn for him, just before I kissed my daughter goodbye for the last time and closed the casket," Mrs. Lyons said.
When Ashley learned she was pregnant ...
- House to vote on fetal homicide; Bill would give rights to unborn.(NATION)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times February 26, 2004 700+ words
...expected to pass fetal homicide legislation today, and Carol Lyons - whose pregnant...public support for fetal homicide legislation in...Buford and Carol Lyons of Kentucky were...support for the fetal homicide bill. They carried...
- Senate approves fetal-homicide bill; Critics cite hit on right to...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 26, 2004 700+ words
...appalled that Senator Kerry voted the wrong way," said Carol Lyons of Kentucky, whose pregnant daughter, Ashley, and grandson...legal abortion. Although more than half the states have fetal-homicide laws, there is no equivalent in federal law, which recognizes...
- Fetal homicide bills spur abortion debate.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) May 8, 2003 700+ words
...pregnant women have raised an awareness of fetal homicide laws and expanded the debate over whether...successfully lobbied for the introduction of fetal homicide legislation in several states, including...last week called on Congress to pass a fetal homicide bill introduced recently ...
- States aim at fetal homicide; Legislatures move to protect unborn...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times February 16, 2004 700+ words
...Kentucky is considering adopting fetal homicide laws similar to those in 28 other states...other unborn babies if the Kentucky fetal homicide bill becomes law," said Douglas Johnson...focused national public interest in fetal homicide legislation. Polls show up to 80 percent...
- KENTUCKY HOUSE PASSES 'FETAL HOMICIDE' BILL.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) January 31, 2004 700+ words
...voted Friday to create a crime of "fetal homicide," and supporters confidently predicted...at least 28 states have enacted "fetal homicide" legislation. The House bill would...Fletcher endorsed the concept of "fetal homicide" legislation this week. "I think...
- Fetal homicide: woman or fetus as victim? A survey of current state approaches...
- Magazine article from: William and Mary Law Review Smith, Sandra L. May 1, 2000 700+ words
...This Note explores the topic of fetal homicide statutes and their application...taken by states on the issue of fetal homicide statutes. The second section examines the dimensions of fetal homicide laws, noting important trends...
- Fetal homicide should be a crime.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Feder, Don January 3, 1997 700+ words
...mother's choice. Since Canada has no fetal homicide law (like half of our states) the...sentenced to eight years in prison for fetal homicide for savagely beating his pregnant wife...attempted murder. The one exception to fetal homicide laws is when the mother adopts the...
- Suspect challenges state to overturn fetal homicide law.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Spak, Kara April 22, 2004 700+ words
...trying to overturn part of the state's fetal homicide law. Brandon Carone, a 19-year...have tried unsuccessfully to overturn fetal homicide statutes with similar arguments...Appellate Court previously ruled the fetal homicide statute constitutional. But he said...
