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Article: SCIENCE IS TELLING LAW THAT A FETUS IS A PERSON.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- November 10, 1997
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Byline: George Will
WASHINGTON -- Ho-hum. It is becoming the sort of story that no longer rates much notice as news. The New York Times accorded it seven paragraphs at the bottom of an inside page, beneath this headline:'' Girl, 15, Accused of Letting Her Daughter Drown at Birth.''
This most recent (that we know of) instance of infanticide occurred in Queens. The Times reports that ''Ms. Martinez told investigators she gave birth while sitting on the toilet. Ms. Martinez told them that she let the baby fall into the water, where her daughter cried for several seconds while her arms and legs flailed.''
Judith Martinez has been arraigned on ...