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Lee Terry: “The Unborn Victims of Violence Act would establish that if an unborn child is injured or killed during the commission of…”

On the recordApril 26, 2001
The Unborn Victims of Violence Act would establish that if an unborn child is injured or killed during the commission of an already-defined federal crime of violence, then the assailant may be charged with a second offense on behalf of the second victim, the unborn child. The bill would recognize that when a criminal attacks a pregnant woman, and injures or kills her unborn child, he has claimed two human victims. The bill would apply this two-victim principle to about 70 existing federal laws dealing with acts of violence.
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Lee Terry
Nebraska
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Discussing the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and its implications during a Congressional session.

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