When an Fetus becomes a Human Being, Section #223, Killing a Child, #224; Death that might have been prevented
When an embryo, fetus, neonate, infant, or child becomes human being by definition of Criminal Law , by Donna Young
Note: In using embryos for science, it was ruled, they could not be used after the 14th day. It
was deemed they were not longer a
clump of cells, but a "potential" human being. (Search for the various debates on stem
cell research and the use of discarded
embryos on the net).
The Canadian Criminal Codes, at the time my search reveals a fetus, or neonate, whether or not it is
breathing on its own, is
protected by law, including criminal law. . . for its protection of necessities of life, the duty of
all adults, and for a priority of equality
of life without endangering that potential, as to the design of natural processes. Therefore,
any interventions by man or woman
must be to the benefit of the child, not to his or her demise, or to cause the child physical damage
to make life a struggle and
harder then life already is:
Section: 223.
(1) A child becomes a human being within the meaning of this Act when it has completely proceeded,
in a living state, from the
body of its mother,
whether or not:
(a) it has breathed;
(b) it has an independent circulation; or
(c) the navel string is severed.
Killing child
(2) A person commits homicide when he causes injury to a child before or during its birth as a result of which the child dies after becoming a human being.
R.S., c. C-34, s. 206.
Death that might have been prevented
224. Where a person, by an act or omission, does any thing that results in the death of a human being, he causes the death of that human being notwithstanding that death from that cause might have been prevented by resorting to proper means.
R.S., c. C-34, s. 207.
