A court in Dubai has found a woman who lost her unborn child in a traffic accident guilty of manslaughter in what is said to be an unprecedented ruling. The judge based the ruling on Islamic law. The court said the rights of unborn babies needed to be protected. Prosecutors had argued that the verdict should act as a deterrent. Dubai's traffic court ordered the bereaved mother to pay $5,450 in blood money and fined her for "unintentional homicide." The head of traffic prosecution said women in the third trimester of pregnancy should avoid driving altogether to protect their own and their fetus' lives. BBC
Editor: Please, let's not praise this as a pro-life ruling. This is undoubtedly more about male property rights than human rights.
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