DESTROYED EMBRYO DEEMED HUMAN (Chicago, IL Court Ruling)

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 2.5.05 | Steve Patterson

[MHGinTN]

Absadamnlutely!

[davidosborne]

This should be BREAKING NEWS.. this may be the case to go ALL THE WAY !!!

Passing it on..

[SJackson]

From the persepctive of most Jews destruction of an embryo wouldn’t be fall under prohibitions relating to abortion. Since an in-vitro embryo cannot develop or survive without implantation into the mother, it doesn’t enjoy the protections of a potential human.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Friday, Judge Jeffrey Lawrence II said 'a pre-embryo is a human being... whether or not it is implanted in its mother's womb

Wow, this just blows my mind.

Wonderful news!!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Post 44 is for you, too.

[Joe Republc]

Is this the first time a court has done this??

Between this and the unborn child protection act, the clear schizophrenia about the humanity of the fetus with respect to the law only grows louder and louder.

-- Joe

[Ohioan from Florida]

Glory hallelujah! Thanks for the ping!

[cpforlife.org]

Thanks Victoria!

LOL-- Now if only Judge Jeffrey Lawrence II could sit down the six stooges on SCOTUS who embrace Roe and read them the riot act! Hopefully this Judge will be tapped by President Bush.

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In a 1-14-05 article from Susan Wills, Esq., associate director for education, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops:

And no one seriously suggests that Roe be protected because of its legal merit. Since 1973, six Supreme Court justices and scores of legal articles have criticized Roe and Doe for inventing a right to abortion not found in the Constitution and for usurping the right of states and the people to fashion laws that reflect their views on abortion. As a distinguished law professor, Michael S. Paulsen, put it: “Roe is an embarrassment—perhaps the worst work-product the Court has ever produced. … Roe’s reasoning is utterly laughable, a running joke in constitutional law circles.”

http://www.nccbuscc.org/prolife/publicat/lifeissues/011405.htm

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Finally, something good to come out of Cook County, IL.

It's about time!

-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)

[Askel5]

=== This one passed the all-important "Planned and Wanted" test. It's never been about the fetus.


Hear hear.

Though you might reconsider your tagline in light of the fact abortion, indeed, is a GOP policy.

[Askel5]

=== If, on the other hand, they are committed Pro-Life people


How can you even surmise such a thing for a second about folks who would patronize a fertility clinic ... as if "God's will" were something to be overcome by technology.

[Askel5]

=== There is a small problem here; the Talmud is one of the reference documents that anchors American Jurisprudence.


God help us.



=== And the Talmud states categorically that a human life is not human at conception, nor for many days thereafter.


So the Talmud trumps science somehow?

Just another indication that the "Judeo-Christian" movement espoused by so many useful Idiot evangilicals is heinous.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Gleicher says he was "extremely sorry" for "this very obvious error" caused by a "communication mix-up," finishing with an "offer of a free [in vitro fertilization] cycle as a gesture of goodwill on our part."

For some reason, I'm picturing Dr. Nick Riviera right about now.

(Prolonged eye roll.)

-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)

[cyborg]

I almost became a surrogate mother a few years ago for one of my clients. If my mother didn't threaten to disown me, I would have done it.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Was she married, at the time?

[cyborg]

She is married now. At the time she and her boyfriend weren't but she was in a real hurry and desperate. I felt sorry for her.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Sounds like an extremely difficult situation.

At least she had some intelligent, thoughtful people looking out for her best interests.

:0)

[cyborg]

I think she is going to adopt. Whatever happens to the eggs, only God knows.

[TAdams8591]

"Friday, Judge Jeffrey Lawrence II said 'a pre-embryo is a human being..whether or not it is impanted in its mother's womb' and the couple is entitled to seek the same compensation awarded to other parents whose children are killed. 'Philisophers and theologians may debate,' he wrote, but there is no doubt in the mind of the Illinois legislature when life begins. It begins at conception.'

It is really quite amazing. Judge Lawrence has to be one in a million. It would be a good idea to send him some letters and phone calls of support.

[gopwinsin04]

Agreed. That judge is a keeper..