 | D. Mathieu, E. Haavi Morreim - Philosophy - 2007 - 162 pages
...determined that at a certain point in its development the fetus ought to be protected: All this...persuades us that the word 'person,' as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn....We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the... | |
 | Laurence H. Tribe - Family & Relationships - 1992 - 340 pages
...of the word] indicates, with any assurance, that it has any possible prenatal application. All this, together with our observation that throughout the...in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn. . . . The pregnant woman cannot be isolated in her privacy. She carries an embryo and, later,... | |
 | Mary Ann Glendon - Political Science - 2008 - 240 pages
...developing fetus as such, even close to the time of birth, because, as Justice Blackmun explained, "the word 'person', as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn. ')5° Even the slight room that Roe had left open for state regulation of abortion in the late... | |
 | Carl Wellman - Philosophy - 1995 - 288 pages
...assurance, that it has any possible prenatal application. All this, together with our observation, supra, that throughout the major portion of the 19th century...in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn.25 This conclusion based on an examination of the language of the Constitution is confirmed... | |
 | John Keown - Medical - 1997 - 360 pages
...rejecting the state's argument that 'a fetus is a person' within the meaning of the Constitution - 'the word "person," as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn.'15 Although Roe did not concern the termination of a human life, as the Court perceived the... | |
 | Deborah Mathieu - Medical - 1995 - 212 pages
...determined that at a certain point in its development the fetus ought to be protected: All this . . . persuades us that the word "person," as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn. . . . We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in... | |
 | Vincent J. Genovesi - Religion - 1996 - 434 pages
...by fiat, it seems, than by reason, argumentation, or demonstration, the Court in Roe v. Wade asserts that "the word 'person,' as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn." Moreover, after offering the view that the judiciary "is not in 57See Daniel Callahan. "Abortion:... | |
 | Peter Brooks, Paul Gewirtz - Law - 1996 - 316 pages
...personhood of corporations is a clear case of a legal fiction, but what about Roe v. Wade's declaration that "the word 'person,' as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn"?4 When we say that "the state has an interest in protecting potential life" is this just a... | |
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All this, together with our observation, supra, that throughout the major portion of the 19th century prevailing legal abortion practices were far freer than they are today, persuades us that the word "person... 
