[Mrs. Don-o]

The human status of the child before birth is based on the relevant genetic and embryological facts, not on the say-so of the Pope in Rome. If the Pope acknowledges those facts, and applies to them the common ethic which is the basis for our U.S. philosophy of civil law ("endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights..." "Equal justice under law" "Equal protection" "Due process" and so forth) he is not to be accused of meddling, but only of teaching in an ethically consistent manner.

The Constitution was written to secure rights "for ourselves and our posterity," which means, our offspring not yet born. It took an Amendment to extend legal recognition to the human status of African ex-slaves. Our own children's human status may require another.

[The KG9 Kid]

I agree there is recourse under Article V of the US Constitution for the pro-life movement to win extending legal recognition of human status to the unborn.

I wish you the best success in this endeavor.

[Interposition]

I really appreciate your numerous, accurate posts on this thread:

Your post #76 about "double effect" should help many folk. It seems self-evident; but a few need the concept illustrated in an analogy they can relate to. And even then, they need time to think it over. The difficulty seems related to a hands-off God’s Will policy, where both must share life or death. They think "double effect" is related to situational ethics; and in a moment of crisis, make a regretful decision.

Your post #77 about the A.M.A work was referenced in post #88, note 2 on this thread.

And your post #79 “in ventre sa mere” has a pro-life article with that phrase in the title. ¹

The candid citizen must admit your lifesaving & mind-changing posts are pro bono publico! May your tribe increase exponentially and your opposition convert, or decrease by the same order of magnitude.

1 http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51345 The unalienable right to life in ventre sa mere "An infant in ventre sa mere, or in the mother's womb, is supposed in law to be born for many purposes." – Sir William Blackstone, "Commentaries on the Laws of England," Vol. I, p. 126 (1765)