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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: Fetus - legal - IRS
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.162044.15595@ncsu.edu>
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- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <la70taINNqt4@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 16:20:44 GMT
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- In article <la70taINNqt4@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>
- lape@cs.utk.edu (Bryon S. Lape) writes:
-
- > Unless the tax laws have changed again, the IRS considers a fetus a
- > person after delivery (whether by birth or abortion). If a woman aborts
- > and the child is alive when it comes out, she may declare it a dependent on
- > her income taxes for that tax year. Of course, the child will not live
- > long so she also has it declared legally dead. I am not sure if a birth
- > certificate is needed on this or not, but it is the law.
-
- I believe the law has changed. Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina
- introduced a bill that would have prevented a person from declaring
- a fetus aborted alive as a dependent on their taxes. I'm pretty sure
- that the bill has been passed into law.
-
- >Bryon Lape
-
-
- Doug Holtsinger
-
- "My logic is based on ... a religious perspective which says
- that personhood begins at birth (actually a month after birth if
- we want to be precise)..."
- -- Gloria Feldt,
- chief executive, Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona
-
- "I see nothing extreme or reprehensible about this statement."
- -- garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) <BtnDAw.Iwo.2@cs.cmu.edu>
-