Homicide Charges Filed in Death of 'Fetus'

By @prolifeblogs on August 5, 2005 7:55 AM | No Comments

A Plymouth man who police say was intoxicated and responsible for a July highway collision has been charged with killing the unborn child of a pregnant motorist injured in the crash.
The woman was 8� months pregnant at the time of the July 17 crash which involved five vehicles and resulted in several injuries.

Cape Cod Times

Interestingly, Michael Trudeau, first assistant district attorney for the Cape and islands, explained "A viable fetus is considered a person" under state law.

Geline Williams, executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, told the Boston Herald, "For a person to be charged with the death of a fetus, a medical official must rule that the fetus was viable, meaning it was sufficiently developed to survive outside the womb."

HT: Pro-Life News