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Originally posted by KSig RC
. . . and if it were that simple, it would have never been brought to the Court in the first place.
You know that the issues involved are really those of when we can legally define a fetus as a 'human life' and thus a protected person under the law, and whether or not a literal, physical dependent being (such as a fetus that cannot exist outside of the womb) is subject to the desires of the provider (ie the mother).
Related issues stretch deep; for instance, if the fetus is dependent b/c it cannot exist on its own, is a 6-month-old similarly dependent? It can't exist by itself, without an adult . . . this has absolutely nothing to do with abortion per se, but a ruling would be borderline impossible.
This sort of situation was never really envisioned when any of the process was detailed, so really it's a total washout in terms of decision making. For that reason, I don't think we'll ever see a Court touch it even tangentially.
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I know Rob, I was just being a punk but you continue to point out that the GC masses won't get it. I don't think the Court will touch it either unless Bush tries to force more legislation on us.