People confuse battery and assault when physical harm is involved because, in common usage, “assault” implies physical violence. However, in a traditional legal context: Assault is the threat or attempt to inflict imminent physical harm, which puts the victim in reasonable fear of contact, but does not require actual physical contact. Battery is the actual, intentional, and unlawful physical contact or use of force against another person without their consent. The confusion stems from several ke

In a congressional hearing addressing the consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade, Representative #EricSwalwell questioned anti-abortion activist Catherine Glenn Foster about a case involving a 10-year-old Ohio girl who, after being raped, traveled to Indiana for an abortion due to restrictive Ohio laws. Foster claimed that such a procedure wouldn’t be considered an abortion if it threatened the girl’s life, implying it wouldn’t fall under abortion restrictions. Swalwell labeled this assertion a

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