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February 5, 2005
Couple May Sue Over Discarded Embryo
Topics: Life IssuesIn a decision that has implications for not only stem cell research but abortion as well, Cook County Judge Jeffrey Lawrence has said that "a pre-embryo is a 'human being', whether or not it is implanted in it's mother's womb." The obvious extension of his argument has to include an unborn child in it's mother's womb, regardless of her and the abortionists determination to murder the baby, it's still a human being. If the embryo is a human being outside the mother's womb, how can it not be a human being inside the mother's womb, and further, if, as the judge has cited, an "unborn child is a human being from the time of conception and is, therefore, a legal person," then killing the baby, a human being, in the mother's womb - is murder!
- Newsday
A couple whose frozen embryo was accidentally destroyed at a fertility
clinic has the right in Illinois to file a wrongful-death lawsuit, a
judge has ruled in a case that some legal experts say could have
implications in the debate over embryonic stem cell research.
In an opinion issued Friday, Cook County Judge Jeffrey Lawrence said "a pre-embryo is a 'human being' ... whether or not it is implanted in its mother's womb."
He said the couple is as entitled to seek compensation as any parents whose child has been killed.
The suit was filed by Alison Miller and Todd Parrish, who stored nine embryos in January 2000 at the Center for Human Reproduction in Chicago. Their doctor said one embryo looked particularly promising, but the Chicago couple were told six months later the embryos had been accidentally discarded.
In his ruling, Lawrence relied on the state's Wrongful Death Act, which allows lawsuits to be filed if unborn fetuses are killed in an accident or assault. "The state of gestation or development of a human being" does not preclude taking legal action, the act says.
Lawrence also cited an Illinois state law that says an "unborn child is a human being from the time of conception and is, therefore, a legal person."
"There is no doubt in the mind of the Illinois Legislature when life begins," Lawrence wrote.
Also: Covenant News, Chicago Sun Times,
Hat tip - ProLifeBlogs
Posted by Hyscience at February 5, 2005 6:22 PM
A blob of cells without a single neuron or even a muscle cell can now be the subject of a wrongful death case?!?! And I thought left wingers were smoking crack. Will they be creating orphanages for goo-balls now. I can see the movie now - "Little orphan embryo".
Posted by: Anono Mus at February 6, 2005 2:36 PM
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