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BY LifeSiteNews.com PARIS, June 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) - France’s supreme court, the Cour de Cassation ruled Tuesday that an unborn child does not have the legal status of a living person.  The ruling overturned a lower court ruling from 2000 where a doctor and midwife were found guilty of manslaughter in the death of a child during labor in 1991.  “The principle behind the legality of crimes and punishment, requiring a strict interpretation of penal law, is opposed to the possibility of trial for manslaughter in the case of a child not born alive,” the Cour de Cassation ruled   Karen Murawsky of Campaign Life Coalition Canada deplored the judgment saying: “This ruling suggests that unborn children in France like those in Canada are worth absolutely nothing and with absolutely no rights.”  See the Reuters coverage:  http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020625/hl_nm/france_fetus_1 http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/frances-highest-court-rules-unborn-child-not-a-living-person/

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