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Furthermore, the crime of assault generally requires that both the perpetrator and the victim of an assault are human.

Thus, there is no assault if an ox gores a man.

However, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 treats the fetus as a separate person for the purposes of assault and other violent crimes, under certain limited circumstances.

See H. R.

1997 / P. L.

108-212