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Mississippi Supreme Court Declares a Fetus To Be a "Person"
Jackson, MS, Clarion-Ledger ^ | 08-22-03 | Elliott, Jr., Jack

Posted on 08/22/2003 5:52:05 AM PDT by Theodore R.

Edited on 05/07/2004 7:28:01 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The Mississippi Supreme Court, in a decision criticized by one of its members as an assault on Roe v. Wade, held Thursday that a fetus is a "person" under state law and wrongful death claims can be filed on its behalf.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; chuckmcrae; jimsmith; ms; roevwade; supremecourt; traceytucker
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1 posted on 08/22/2003 5:52:06 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: WKB
*ping*
2 posted on 08/22/2003 5:52:45 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.
This decision will drive the NOW NAGs up the wall!
3 posted on 08/22/2003 5:53:56 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Theodore R.
The US Supreme Court will eventually overrule this decision, no doubt.
4 posted on 08/22/2003 5:54:49 AM PDT by D. Brian Carter
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To: D. Brian Carter
Someone pointed out on the Al Denson show the other day that the Supreme Courts ruling to remove prayer from school in the 60's was the first time that court had made a decision without consulting historical or legal facts and truth; they did it based on personal opinion (maybe motived by money, greed or some other political special interest).

Let's hope while GW is in Office, this changes. We have 5 more years to do it in.
5 posted on 08/22/2003 5:58:53 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: Theodore R.
Pro ~ Life Bump !
6 posted on 08/22/2003 6:00:18 AM PDT by Ben Bolt ( The Spenders ...)
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To: Theodore R.
A couple of years ago there was a case in Missouri involving a DWI conviction and appeal. Since the Missouri legislature had passed a law saying that life began at conception, the arguement went, then the man convicted of DWI while only 20 years old was actually 9 months older than his chronological age. Therefore he should have been charged under the more lenient adult DWI laws. I wonder when similar defenses will be used in Alabama.
7 posted on 08/22/2003 6:00:36 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
Let's hope we have five more years.
8 posted on 08/22/2003 6:03:45 AM PDT by afuturegovernor
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To: dixiechick2000
ping
9 posted on 08/22/2003 6:17:41 AM PDT by afuturegovernor
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To: Texas_Dawg; Chancellor Palpatine
The Mississippi Supreme Court, in a decision criticized by one of its members as an assault on Roe v. Wade, . . .

Are you looking for "idols" to smash? Here's a particularly hideous idol right under your nose:

Roe v. Wade

That foul monument has been forced into every courthouse in this nation by our progressive, liberal SCOTUS.

I applaud the Mississippi Supreme Court for having the clear vision to identify the true enemy crouching in its halls.

The ACLU-femino-liberal-atheist gang that has taken over our government is screaming that child-sacrificing Moloch is being "assaulted" even as they preen over their success in getting the Ten Commandments (including the injunction against killing the innocent and blameless) removed from a courthouse in Alabama.

But it appears quite clear which side you are on.

10 posted on 08/22/2003 6:26:39 AM PDT by Kevin Curry (Put Justice Janice Rogers Brown on the Supreme Court--NOW)
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To: Theodore R.
Presiding Justice Chuck McRae, in a written dissent, described the decision as an assault on Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that legalized abortion in America.

And Roe v. Wade has been a deadly assult on unborn children for the last 30+ years.

11 posted on 08/22/2003 6:27:37 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: D. Brian Carter
The US Supreme Court will eventually overrule this decision, no doubt.

That's right. They will no more tolerate the removal of child-sacrificing Moloch from the courts of our nation than they will tolerate the Ten Commandements being placed there.

12 posted on 08/22/2003 6:29:36 AM PDT by Kevin Curry (Put Justice Janice Rogers Brown on the Supreme Court--NOW)
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To: Theodore R.
They are just now figuring that out?
13 posted on 08/22/2003 6:34:04 AM PDT by cubreporter
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To: Kevin Curry
But it appears quite clear which side you are on.

Does it? I applaud the court's ruling.

14 posted on 08/22/2003 6:35:50 AM PDT by Texas_Dawg (I will not rest until every "little man" is destroyed.)
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To: Theodore R.
Well good. No new laws are required to restrict abortions, at least in Mississippi. Since a fetus is a person, good old tried and true murder can be used.
15 posted on 08/22/2003 6:43:57 AM PDT by Doohickey (Hey, I need you to go down to the torpedo room and get me some tag line.)
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To: afuturegovernor; Theodore R.; WKB; MagnoliaMS; MississippiMan; vetvetdoug; NerdDad; Rebel Coach; ...
Mississippi ping!

Thanks, afg! This is great news!
Makes me proud of my home state...
16 posted on 08/22/2003 7:43:27 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (All power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat though.)
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To: dixiechick2000
God is smiling over Mississippi today
17 posted on 08/22/2003 7:47:52 AM PDT by Ferret Fawcet (Trust God's authority, not man's majority.)
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To: Ferret Fawcet
I believe you're right!

Love your screen name. ;o)
18 posted on 08/22/2003 7:49:59 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (All power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat though.)
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To: Always Right
"Justice" Chuck McRae

I believe he may be a candidate for that annual award that the saintly Kennedy family gives for "courage" under fire, or some such nonsense title.
19 posted on 08/22/2003 8:57:22 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.
I don't know. McRae might have received such an award. I know that the lame duck only received 24% of the vote for his re-election bid.
20 posted on 08/22/2003 9:18:38 AM PDT by afuturegovernor
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