Claiming Darwin for the Left???

JKSCHW at aol.com JKSCHW at aol.com
Mon Nov 16 19:29:52 PST 1998


In a message dated 98-11-16 16:46:39 EST, you write:

<< Roe v

Wade the court made the distinction that a baby's constitutional right starts

at birth.

>>

No, it didn't. Neither Roe nor Casey--which has replaced Roe as the Court's last word on abortion--give _any_ constitutional rights to babies. They just didn't give any to fetuses. Babies have had whatever constitutional rights they always had.



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