Rick Santorum, check your Bible:

We read: (emphasis added)

Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2003 (Introduced in Senate)
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 146

To amend titles 10 and 18, United States Code, to protect unbornvictims of violence.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 13, 2003

Mr. DEWINE (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina, Mr.VOINOVICH, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. INHOFE, Mr.
NICKLES, Mr. SANTORUM, and Mr. FITZGERALD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend titles 10 and 18, United States Code, to protect unborn victims of violence.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2003 '.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN.

(a) IN GENERAL- Title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after CHAPTER 90A--PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN

`Sec.

`1841. Causing death of or bodily injury to unborn child.

`Sec. 1841. Causing death of or bodily injury to unborn child

`(a)(1) Any person who engages in conduct that violates any of the provisions of law listed in subsection (b) and thereby causes the death of, or bodily injury (as defined in section 1365) to, a child, who is in utero at the time the conduct takes place, is guilty of a separate offense under this section.

`(2)(A) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the punishment for that separate offense is the same as the punishment provided for that conduct under Federal law had that injury or death occurred to the unborn child's mother.
`(B) An offense under this section does not require proof that--

`(i) the person engaging in the conduct had knowledge or should have had knowledge that the victim of the underlying offense was pregnant; or
`(ii) the defendant intended to cause the death of, or bodily injury to, the unborn child.

In other words, it's murder.

But that's not how things are considered in the Bible. From Exodus ch 21 v 22:

22 If some men are fighting and hurt a pregnant woman so that she loses her child, but she is not injured in any other way, the one who hurt her is to be fined whatever amount the woman's husband demands, subject to the approval of the judges.

Which makes it a property offense.

posted by Quiddity at 6/09/2003 05:59:00 PM