The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to confer personhood on fetuses, but nowadays state courts are more willing to sentence offenders for trying to kill them. Which is a very good thing. Here’s the story from the AP.
Utah man sentenced five years for trying to kill fetus
Nov 5th, 2009 by Robert C. Baker
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The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
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Folks being bioethikized near you!