Legal Source #16 – Federal Court Case

“The most cogent reason, we believe, for holding that a viable unborn child is an entity within the meaning of the general word “person” is because, biologically speaking, such a child is, in fact, a presently existing person, a living human being.”16 16Mitchell v. Couch, 285 S.W.2d 901, 905 (1955).

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Legal Source #15 – Federal Court Case

“From the viewpoint of the civil law and the law of property, a child en ventre sa mere is not only regarded as human being, but as such from the moment of conception which it is in fact.”15 15Bonbrest v. Kotz, 65 F. Supp. 138, 140 (D.D.C. 1946).

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Legal Source #14 – Federal Court Case

“The civil law and the law of property regard a child “en ventre sa mere,” as a human being from the moment of conception”14 14Jones v. Com., 830 S.W.2d 877, 882 (SC Kentucky 1992).

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