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68 °F Forecast | Road Cams Saturday, April 30, 2005 Today's News | Shop Our Valley | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery | Contact Us SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA Ashland News NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend February 27, 2005 Since We Asked: Pregnancy and Crime: How Many Victims? The Oregon Legislature is considering bills to toughen penalties for violent crimes committed against pregnant women. Should those laws be expanded to include the fetus as a victim? Your answers follow. After reading through them, please take a moment to answer our new question. Only if the language of the law is written very clearly and carefully and this isn't a back-door way to criminalize legal abortion. — C. Elliott, Medford Advertisement I'd say if the fetus is farther in it's developmental stage, I think the laws should be expanded. The child, though unborn, is still alive, and should be treated like a living being... (I'm quite the walking contradiction aren't I?) — Casiel Maxwell, Central Point Yes, absolutely! A heartbeat is a life. — Debbie Gardner Tossie, Eagle Point Absolutely. From the day of conception it is a living, breathing, human being. They have a right to life just like everybody else does. — Shaun Loop, Central Point This Week’s Question Can you spare a quarter, bub? Well if you can, please make it one of those new ones with the fancy designs on them. While you’re digging in your pockets there, pal, answer this question, please. We ask: The U.S. Mint is reintroducing the buffalo nickel this week, and the Crater Lake quarter will be in circulation later this year. Is there a design change to American currency that you'd like to see? Please keep your answers brief and on the issue at hand. Responses received without your name and town can not be considered for publication. All responses will appear on the Web site a week from today. You may submit your answer by using the form here on the Web site, or you may respond directly to [email protected] Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Free Music Downloads Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Distance Education Diamonds Online Poker Slippers Student Loans Tatoo tcg student loan consolidation teleconferencing Website Design & Marketing Memory Foam Mattress w2 forms Tatoos Advertisement s