...that, therefore, the State has a compelling interest in protecting that life from and after conception. We need not resolve the difficult question of when...is not in a position to speculate as to the answer. Opinion of the Court 410 US courts have squarely so held.64 In a recent development, generally opposed...

...the issue of when human life begins. But the Court chose to totally disregard this matter by saying: When those trained in the respective disciplines of...is not in a position to speculate as to the answer. . . . We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. Now, as a matter of fact, there...

...during that period except when it is necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother. • • • We need not resolve the difficult question of when...is not in a position to speculate as to the answer. The unborn have never been recognized in the law as persons in the whole sense. With respect to the...

...begins before live birth.38 A "live birth" is not explained, and at another point the Court states "We need not resolve the difficult question of when...knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer."39 Roe v. Wade leaves many questions unanswered. It does not define "birth"40 (partial or total...

...philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, at this point [sic] in the development of man's knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer. The Texas statute, like those of many states, had declared fetuses to be living beings. See id. at...

...human person in the full legal sense. Writing for the Court's majority. Justice Blackmun contended that "we need not resolve the difficult question of when...not in a position to speculate as to the answer." This lasl point was crucial. Even though the Court's decision was based upon a careful and scholarly...

...permissive abortion. The Court Justified its ducking the question of when life begins by stating : "When those trained in the respective disciplines...not in a position to speculate as to the answer." It is simply not true to state, as the Court did, that there is no consensus in the medical profession...

...permissive abortion. The Court justified its ducking the question of when life begins by stating : "When those trained in the respective disciplines...not in a position to speculate as to the answer." It; is simply not true to state, as the Court did, that there is no consensus in the medical profession...

...medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary at this point of man's knowledge is not in a position to speculate as to an answer. If a majority of the Court thought it inappropriate to speculate on the difficult question...

...and any right of privacy she protests must be measured accordingly.' With wisdom the Court decided, 'we need not resolve the difficult question of when...not in a position to speculate as to the answer'. In a separate statement Mr Justice Clark wrote: to say that life is present at conception is to given...