A fetus is not a person, Taiwan court rules in child neglect case

A married couple who frequently smoked meth at home during the wife's pregnancy cannot be sentenced for impeding their child's development, since Taiwan's Criminal Code does not treat an unborn fetus as a person, a Kaohsiung court has ruled.

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