VPR News Fetal Homicide Bill Won’t Leave Committee By Susan Keese | February 10, 2010 Legislation that would increase criminal penalties for causing the death of an unborn child will not be taken up in the Vermont Senate this year.
VPR News Group pushes for “fetal homicide” law By Susan Keese | August 25, 2009 A car accident in Bennington earlier this month resulted in the death of unborn twins, and serious injuries to the mother. Now a group that wants to toughen legal protections for the unborn, is pushing for a state law criminalizing ‘fetal homicide.’