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I have previously written several threads on historical nuggets found while researching for Criminal Abortion Laws Before the Fourteenth Amendment.
However, I was unable to find many answers to questions, as well. This thread looks at one such topic.
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However, I was unable to find many answers to questions, as well. This thread looks at one such topic.
#AbortionBefore14A
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An earlier nugget discussed Rep John Bingham as the author of the 14th Amendment’s contentious 1st section & that he held firm belief in the Constitution protecting natural rights, something afforded to the unborn, as explained by Supreme Court Justice James Wilson in 1790.
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That hinted Bingham’s intent for “person” in the 14th Amendment to apply to the unborn as victims in criminal law. He elsewhere stated his intent for the amendment to protect all human beings equally, another inference of the unborn.
Yet, neither was the home run I sought.
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Yet, neither was the home run I sought.
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