Fetuses stomped in Texas 'abortion'

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 06-09-2005, 18:28

Fetuses stomped in Texas 'abortion'
LUFKIN, Texas - It's a case bound to spark debate on abortion no matter where one stands: a 19-year-old Texas man was sentenced to life in prison for, at his pregnant girlfriend's invitation, kicking her belly and causing her to miscarry. After four months of pregnancy, Erica Basoria, 17, decided she wanted to end the lives of the twins she was carrying. But instead of getting a medical abortion, she started jogging and hitting herself to induce miscarriage. When that failed, she told cops, she asked her boyfriend, Gerardo Flores, to help.
Posted by Editor at 10:14 AM
Abortionist Convicted of Murder - Why?
NBC5.com reported that 19-year-old Gerardo Flores was convicted yesterday in Lufkin, Texas, of two counts of murder for stomping on the stomach of his girlfriend, causing her to miscarry twins. [Photo, left, is mug shot taken at Angelina County Jail] Erica Basoria was 16-years-old at the time, and asked Flores to help her abort. She was not charged due to her legal right to abort. [Photo, right, is from Lufkin High School yearbook.] Flores received an automatic life sentence. I wonder, why? He was just committing an abortion.'

I guess only doctors carry a license to kill nowdays.

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**Don Corleone** · 06-09-2005, 18:31

I don't see how they can nail him on murder, as long as we have abortion on demand allowed while the woman is in labor, let alone 4 months pregnant.

The worst they should be able to get him for is practicing medicine without a license.

**Mongoose** · 06-09-2005, 18:44

Stomping on a womans stomach is practicing medicine?

I think that the woman should receive the same punishment as the man. Though i'm not sure if that punishment should be prison for life...

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 06-09-2005, 18:49

Shouldnt he really be charged with practicing medicine without a license?

I think that the woman should receive the same punishment as the man. Though i'm not sure if that punishment should be prison for life...

She has the right to do what she likes with her own body remember abortion is legal.

**Goofball** · 06-09-2005, 18:56

Given abortion laws in the U.S., the verdict does seem to be without justification.

**Don Corleone** · 06-09-2005, 19:24

I'm not saying "I" think all he did was practice medicine without a license. I hope you get the irony of my post. Our legal system is constructed in such a way that if a baby is in the birth canal, and the mother changes her mind, she is legally entitled to an abortion.

How can they nail the boyfriend on murder? By law, abortion is not murder. According to the way our laws are written, all he did was assist the woman in executing a choice she made regarding her body and two parasitic lumps of tissue that she wanted removed. As Jill Ireland, president of NOW in the mid 90's once said, it's no different then having a wart removed (yes, she really said that).

So, what did this guy do that was so awful... according to our laws, nothing. The only thing they could potentially nail him on is practicing medicine without a license.

**BDC** · 06-09-2005, 20:05

Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny

I guess only doctors carry a license to kill nowdays.

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Nonsense. The state can as well. ~:p

**Mongoose** · 06-09-2005, 20:10

Ah, OK then

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Given current US laws, i agree that the verdict was...uncalled for at best.

**ICantSpellDawg** · 06-09-2005, 20:51

ironic - where is a more reputable link?

i do like the site - but im not sure i can trust it for un-biased journalism

**Steppe Merc** · 06-09-2005, 21:06

Well, I guess this shows how stupid people can be sometimes. Is it really that hard to just get a normal abortion? I can't imagine getting stompted on is that fun.
But I think the saddest part is that she was year younger than I am...