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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Law could mean death penalty for
doctors</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associated Press - Aug. 29, 2005,
5:15PM</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AUSTIN — Texas doctors who perform abortions
without parental approval or after the third trimester could face capital murder
charges because of a new law that takes effect this week, a prosecutors group
says.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Texas District and County Attorneys Association
has outlined that scenario in its new book updating the Texas penal code and in
public presentations around the state. The group says such charges could occur
under the new law because of the 2003 fetal protection law. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But key legislators said today that wasn't their
intent.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"I think it's a little bit of a stretch," said
Elizabeth Graham, director of Texas Right To Life. "The legislative intent
clearly was not to incarcerate doctors or execute doctors who are performing
abortions, illegal or otherwise." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The chances are "very slim" that a district
attorney would try such a prosecution against a doctor, Graham said. "I really
don't see it happening," she said. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>More at ... <A
href="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/metropolitan/3330041">http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/metropolitan/3330041</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>