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enlightenment

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6. This was a slippery slope when it started.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 01:40 PM

Feb 2012

I remember thinking that after one of the first cases made the books. Everyone felt so sorry for the woman who miscarried the pregnancy (actually, I think she died and the husband/SO wanted the prosecution) that they didn't stop to think about what it might mean down the road.

Law is built on precedence; the door to this insane decision was opened a long time ago.

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Ala Supreme Court rules: "nonviable fetuses have been regarded as persons." [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 OP

Seriously the South gets more and more stupid every year. Drale Feb 2012 #1

Since when did state law trump the rulings of the SCOTUS? sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #2

The Judge's reasoning was along these lines: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #5

This was a slippery slope when it started. enlightenment Feb 2012 #6

I wonder when OB/GYN's and Nurses will stop practicing their specialty? Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #7

State laws that violate Federal laws rocktivity Feb 2012 #3

Hope this woman is prepared atreides1 Feb 2012 #4

Did she drink any alcohol during her pregnancy? Smoke? Strenuous exercise/recreation? Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #8