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March 12, 2004
Andrew Bergh: Can child sue mom for prenatal injury?
By ANDREW BERGH
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Unborn children have rights, too.
While I'm certainly no legal historian, the fetal rights movement probably got a jumpstart from Roe v. Wade, which is the well-known U. S. Supreme Court case dealing with abortion. Recognizing the "important and legitimate interest in potential life," the justices ruled that a woman's right to privacy isn't absolute, and that states can pass laws regulating abortion once a fetus is "viable," or capable of meaningful life outside the mother's womb.
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