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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Sep-12-07 04:57 PM
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Top N.J. Court Reverses Abortion Ruling
Source: Associated Press

Top N.J. Court Reverses Abortion Ruling
By JEFFREY GOLD 09.12.07, 4:24 PM ET

NEWARK, N.J. - A doctor has no duty to tell a woman considering an abortion that her embryo is an "existing human being," a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, averting a trial over when human life begins.

The decision, citing past rulings, said the court "will not place a duty on doctors when there is no consensus in the medical community or among the public" on when life begins.

The 5-0 Supreme Court ruling reversed a unanimous ruling by a three-judge appeals panel. Abortion cases pending in Illinois and South Dakota have raised the same issue.

"On the profound issue of when life begins, this court cannot drive public policy in one particular direction by the engine of the common law when the opposing sides, which represent so many of our citizens, are arrayed along a deep societal and philosophical divide," New Jersey Justice Barry T. Albin wrote for the court.



Read more: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/12/ap4111486.htm...

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   Good. I can't believe people are wasting time over this fundie-crap. I hope it dies there.nt  poverlay   Sep-12-07 05:02 PM   #1 
   How the hell does the doctor know if her embryo is "an existing human being"? - n/t  Jim__   Sep-12-07 05:05 PM   #2 
   Faith  FiveGoodMen   Sep-12-07 05:12 PM   #4 
      Fortunately, faith ain't law. n/t  Speaker   Sep-12-07 06:08 PM   #5 
         So far, but the Megachurch crowd is trying hard.  FiveGoodMen   Sep-12-07 06:10 PM   #6 
   This is great news  sufrommich   Sep-12-07 05:08 PM   #3 
   It is -- but I wouldn't take it to mean the fundies are losing steam  LostinVA   Sep-13-07 01:51 AM   #8 
   Most fundies would not allow their doctor...  TwoSparkles   Sep-13-07 01:48 AM   #7 
   Glad to hear the court ruled that way. I don't understand why anyone  napi21   Sep-13-07 02:07 AM   #9 
 
poverlay (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-12-07 05:02 PM
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1. Good. I can't believe people are wasting time over this fundie-crap. I hope it dies there.nt

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Jim__ Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Sep-12-07 05:05 PM
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2. How the hell does the doctor know if her embryo is "an existing human being"? - n/t

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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Sep-12-07 05:12 PM
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4. Faith

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Speaker (220 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-12-07 06:08 PM
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5. Fortunately, faith ain't law. n/t

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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Sep-12-07 06:10 PM
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6. So far, but the Megachurch crowd is trying hard.

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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Sep-12-07 05:08 PM
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3. This is great news
Hopefully the fundies are losing steam .

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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Sep-13-07 01:51 AM
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8. It is -- but I wouldn't take it to mean the fundies are losing steam
They never had steam in NJ.

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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Sep-13-07 01:48 AM
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7. Most fundies would not allow their doctor...
...to tell them which church to attend. Now, the fundies just need to stop trying
to tell the doctors how to practice medicine.

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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Sep-13-07 02:07 AM
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9. Glad to hear the court ruled that way. I don't understand why anyone
would think any pregnant female wouldn't already have her own opinion on this issue anyway! Even young teens have the opinions from the way their parents taught them. It shouldn't be any Dr's job to educate on faith issues.

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