Article: Court rules fetus a person.(WORLD BRIEFS)(Brief article)

Article: Court Rules Fetus a 'Person'
AP Online;  May 11, 2001 ;     544 words ... ... Associated Press Writer AP Online 05-11-2001 Court Rules Fetus a 'Person' LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- The state Supreme Court ... wrongful-death lawsuit brought by a man whose wife and unborn child died during birth procedures. In reversing a lower court ...

Article: Miss. court rules fetus a 'person'
Charleston Gazette;  August 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... wrongful death statutes to include an "unborn child." Current law allows people to sue ... protect and preserve the life of her unborn child, not in the exercise of her right to ... way the Mississippi law protects an unborn child." She said while the decision may ...

Article: Miss. Top Court Rules Fetus Is a Person
AP Online;  August 22, 2003 ;     441 words ... ... definition of a person in wrongful death statutes to include an unborn child. Current law allows people to sue for the wrongful death ... Tucker's interest is to protect and preserve the life of her unborn child, not in the exercise of her right to terminate that life ...

Article: N.J. COURT RULES FETUS NOT A PERSON.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 11, 1988 ;     683 words ... ... court. Handler said court decisions dating to 1884, including a 1960 case in New Jersey, have upheld the principle that an unborn child is "merely a part of his mother without separate existence or personality." "The historical origins of this statute and ...

Article: Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act Introduced in House ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... R-New Jersey, has introduced the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2006 (H.R ... regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child." The bill, introduced on Sept ... text of the legislation follows:Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2006H.R. 6099To ...

Article: 'Unborn child' case in court
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Court that a law against killing an unborn child is unconstitutionally vague. Roger ... arguments that the legal definition of an unborn child in the state's criminal homicide statute ... killing of any human being, including an unborn child. "It's a wholly undefined term ...

Article: 'Unborn child' meaning questioned
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Court that a law against killing an unborn child is unconstitutionally vague. Roger ... arguments that the legal definition of an unborn child in the state's criminal homicide statute ... killing of any human being, including an unborn child. "It's a wholly undefined term ...