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" On the other hand, the appellee conceded on reargument that no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Constitution does not define "person "
Nomination of David H. Souter to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court ... - Page 632
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1991 - 1198 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 410

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1974 - 1040 pages
...reargument.51 On the other hand, the appellee conceded on reargument r>- that no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning...speaks of "persons born or naturalized in the United States." The word also appears both in the Due Process Clause and in the Equal Protection Clause. "Person"...
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Abortion: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments - Abortion - 1974 - 754 pages
...much on reargument. On the other hand, the appellee conceded on reargnment that no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the 14th Amendment. That is from Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113, 156. I submit that biological science has outstripped...
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Abortion: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments - Abortion - 1975 - 498 pages
...view lacks a legal precedent in the United States. The Court found that no cases in law can be cited "that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment." Legal persons — those entitled to protection by the Constitution — do not include the unborn. The...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Administrative procedure - 1976 - 1944 pages
...error when it apparently reli on the concession by appellee in Wade "that no case could be cited tl holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amet ment."248 There are two relevant observations to be made about ti statement. In the first instance...
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Proposed Constitutional Amendments on Abortion: Hearings Before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights - Abortion - 1976 - 662 pages
...has application only post natally.'' Additionally, quoting from the Court, "no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the 14th amendment." This point was of singular importance because: "If this suggestion of personhood is...
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Proposed Constitutional Amendments on Abortion: Hearings Before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights - Abortion - 1976 - 1010 pages
...that it has application only tx natally.'' Additionally, quoting from the Court, "no case could be cit that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the 14t amendment." This point was of singular importance because : "If this suggestion of personhood is...
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International Human Rights Treaties: Hearings Before the Committee on ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - Human rights - 1980 - 610 pages
...arrive at any consensus." The Court continued to say that no legal precedent could be found to hold that "a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment" and that as used in the Constitution, the word "person" has application only "postnatally." However,...
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The human life bill: hearings before the Subcommittee on Separation of ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Separation of Powers - 1982 - 1070 pages
...the legislative, branch of government. Hence a Congressional finding or declaration that an embryo or a fetus is a "person" within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment cannot change existing law as enunciated by the Supreme Court. Any other rule would mean an end to...
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Biomedical-ethical Issues: A Digest of Law and Policy Development

Frank Harron - Law - 1983 - 192 pages
...reargument. 0n the other hand, the appellee conceded on reargument that no case could be cited that holds a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth...speaks of "persons born or naturalized in the United States." The word also appears both in the Due Process Clause and in the Equal Protection Clause. "Person"...
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Constitutional Amendments Relating to Abortion: Hearings Before ..., Volume 2

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution - Abortion - 1983 - 884 pages
...on reargument." On the other hand, the appellee conceded on reargument " that no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning...many words. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment con"Tr. of Rear*. 20-21. " Tr. of Rearg. 24. 42 ROK v. WADE tains three references to "person." The...
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