and this just in:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2468499
Congress clears bill making harm of a fetus a crime
Critics fear abortion is next attack on abortion
By HELEN DEWAR
Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Thursday gave final approval to legislation that would make it a crime to injure or kill a fetus during the commission of a federal crime of violence, overriding critics' claims that the bill defines the start of human life in a way that could undermine abortion rights.