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A woman whose fetus died from a car accident lashed out yesterday against the law that says her unborn son was not a human. "I don't want to see the person that hit me get away with it," said Aimee Wilson, 25, of Langley. "He killed my son." Wilson, eight months pregnant, was driving her Honda Civic on Alderbridge Way in Richmond about 11 p.m. on Nov. 28 when she was in a collision at No. 4 Road with another Civic, driven by a 21-year-old Burnaby man. Staff at Vancouver General Hospital couldn't find her fetus' heartbeat. "I remember asking...

I'm not a expert on law. I'm very, very far from it. I'm just an average Freeper who tries to keep on top of Congress and proposed legislation. Sometimes it's hard to decipher the real "nuts and bolts" of a bill, and to get past the spin and rhetoric you're likely to read about in the newspaper or to watch on TV. Here's a small attempt to bring some clarity and definition to a bill making its way through Congress. 108th Congress, U.S. House 108 H.R. 1997 UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT of 2004 (a.k.a. Laci and Connor's Law) "To...

PRO-LIFE CHALLENGE Federal Legislation Key Facts on the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (S. 1019, H.R. 1997)Published by the National Right to Life CommitteeUpdated January 5, 2004For more information on unborn victims of violence (or "fetal homicide" laws), visit the NRLC website at http://www.nrlc.org/Unborn_victims/index.html.* The Unborn Victims of Violence Act (also known as "Laci and Conner's Law") is a proposed federal law currently under consideration in Congress. This bill, which is supported by President Bush, is sponsored in the Senate by Senator Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) (S. 1019), and in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Melissa Hart (R-Pa.) (H.R. 1997)....

Mother-to-be overwhelmed by adoption offers BY ERINN TAYLOR Times staff writer Erika Castro, the young woman who is hoping for a better life for one of her children, was overwhelmed Thursday by the amount of interest her story received. Castro, a mother of two young children, is expecting her third child in approximately three months. Her hope is to place the newborn up for adoption, as she lacks the financial ability to raise another child. Young and scared, Castro said she was not sure of her options. "I really didn't think that people would care," Castro said Thursday afternoon. "I...

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