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Pregnant mom’s killer could be charged for baby’s death, too

June 7, 2016

Globe & Mail | June. 6, 2016

“The legal sta­tus of the fetus is a real­ly thorny issue, and except for those who have a strong ‘fetal rights’ per­spec­tive, most law­mak­ers seek to avoid it,” Martha Shaf­fer, an asso­ciate pro­fes­sor at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toronto’s Fac­ul­ty of Law, said in an inter­view. Read more.