{"id":1389,"date":"2022-01-05T12:14:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2022-01-05T12:14:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:14:21","slug":"roe-v-wade-opinion-january-22-1973-if-personhood-is-established-the-pro-abortion-case-of-course-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/05\/roe-v-wade-opinion-january-22-1973-if-personhood-is-established-the-pro-abortion-case-of-course-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"ROE v. WADE Opinion, January 22, 1973:  &#8220;If &#8230; personhood is established, the [pro-&#8220;abortion&#8221;] case, of course, collapses, &#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1019\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-25-I-AM-A-PERSON-219x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-25-I-AM-A-PERSON-219x300.png 219w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-25-I-AM-A-PERSON-110x150.png 110w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-25-I-AM-A-PERSON.png 531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>ROE v. WADE <a href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/us-supreme-court\/410\/113.html\">Opinion<\/a>, January 22, 1973:<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&#8220;If &#8230; personhood is established, the [pro-&#8220;abortion&#8221;] case, of course, collapses, &#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>ROE v. WADE <a href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/us-supreme-court\/410\/113.html\">Opinion<\/a>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant&#8217;s case, of course, collapses, <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: small;\">[410 U.S. 113, 157]\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">for the fetus&#8217; right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>____________________________________________<br \/>\n____________________________________________<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>United States Supreme Court<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ROE v. WADE (1973)<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>No. 70-18<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/1970-1979\/1971\/1971_70_18\/argument\/\">Argued<\/a>: <\/b>December 13, 1971<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/1970-1979\/1971\/1971_70_18\/reargument\/\"><strong>Reargued<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> October 11, 1972<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><strong>Decided:<\/strong> January 22, 1973<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/us-supreme-court\/410\/113.html\"><strong>https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/us-supreme-court\/410\/113.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Appellee <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(Pro-Life)<\/span>:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roe_v._Wade\">Henry Wade<\/a><\/strong>, District Attorney of Dallas County, State of Texas<\/p>\n<p><b>Appellant <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Pro-&#8220;Abortion&#8221;)<\/span>:<\/b> Jane Roe (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roe_v._Wade\">Norma <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roe_v._Wade\">McCorvey<\/a><\/strong>*)<\/p>\n<p>[ * Norma McCorvey later became a born-again Christian and a leading voice for the sanctity of life of the unborn, and against &#8220;abortion&#8221; ]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>ROE v. WADE <a href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/us-supreme-court\/410\/113.html\">Opinion<\/a>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part IX<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The appellee <b>[ Texas ]<\/b> and certain amici argue that the fetus is a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>&#8220;person&#8221;<\/b><\/span> within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.\u00a0 In support of this, they outline at length and in detail the well-known facts of fetal development. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If this suggestion of<\/b><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> personhood <\/strong><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\">is<\/strong><b style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> established, the appellant&#8217;s case, of course, collapses, <\/b><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[410 U.S. 113, 157]\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\">for the fetus&#8217; right to life would then be <\/strong><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\">guaranteed specifically by the Amendment.<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> The appellant <\/span><b style=\"color: #333333;\">[ Jane Roe ]<\/b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> conceded as much on reargument<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">. [FN 51] On the other hand, <\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">the appellee conceded on reargument [FN 52] that no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a <\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>person <\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">within<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: small;\">[ emphasis added; identification of parties to the case in brackets added ]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">PERSONHOOD<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> is the KEY to <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\"><u>ENDING<\/u>\/<u>ABOLISHING<\/u><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong> Child-Murder by &#8220;Abortion&#8221; in America<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart during the <a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/audio-roe-v-wade-full-second-oral-argument-before-us-supreme-court-october-11-1972\/\">Second Oral Argument<\/a> of Roe v. Wade, on October 11, 1972:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>basic constitutional question<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>initially<\/b><\/span> is <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>whether or not an unborn fetus is a person,<\/b><\/span> isn&#8217;t it ?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>continued&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>critical to this case,<\/b><\/span> is it not ?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[ emphasis added ]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Audio \/ ROE v. WADE<br \/>\nFULL SECOND ORAL ARGUMENT BEFORE US SUPREME COURT<br \/>\n&#8211; October 11, 1972<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/audio-roe-v-wade-full-second-oral-argument-before-us-supreme-court-october-11-1972\/\">http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/audio-roe-v-wade-full-second-oral-argument-before-us-supreme-court-october-11-1972\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And the basic constitutional question initially is whether or not an unborn fetus is a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>person,<\/b><\/span> isn&#8217;t it ?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Texas Asst Attorney General Robert Flowers:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, and entirely to the constitutional perspective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s critical to this case, is it not ?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Texas Asst Attorney General Robert Flowers:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, sir, it is, &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[ emphasis added ]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>&#8216;PERSONHOOD and South Carolina Constitutional Law:&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/05\/personhood-and-south-carolina-constitutional-law\/\">http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/05\/personhood-and-south-carolina-constitutional-<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/05\/personhood-and-south-carolina-constitutional-law\/\">law\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; nor shall any <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>person<\/b><\/span> be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>person<\/b><\/span> be denied the equal protection of the laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Constitution of the State of South Carolina, Article I, Section 3.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[ emphasis added ]<br \/>\n<\/span>_________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/scconstitution\/SCConstitution.pdf\">South Carolina Constitution<br \/>\n<\/a>ARTICLE I<br \/>\nDECLARATION OF RIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>SECTION 3. Privileges and immunities; due process; equal protection of laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The privileges and immunities of citizens of this State and of the United States under this Constitution shall not be abridged, nor shall any <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>person<\/b><\/span> be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>person<\/b><\/span> be denied the equal protection of the laws. (1970 (56) 2684; 1971 (57) 315.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/scconstitution\/A01.pdf\">https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/scconstitution\/A01.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[ emphasis added ]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>&#8216;PERSONHOOD and South Carolina State Law:&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/02\/personhood-and-south-carolina-state-law\">http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/02\/personhood-and-south-carolina-state-law<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Murder&#8221; is the killing of any <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>person<\/b><\/span> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[ emphasis added ]<br \/>\n<\/span>___________________________<\/p>\n<p><b>South Carolina Code of Laws<br \/>\n<\/b>Title 16 &#8211; Crimes and Offenses<br \/>\nChapter 3 &#8211; Offenses Against the Person<br \/>\nARTICLE I &#8211; Homicide<\/p>\n<p><b>SECTION 16-3-10. &#8220;Murder&#8221; defined.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Murder&#8221; is the killing of any <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>person<\/b><\/span> with malice aforethought, either express or implied.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/code\/t16c003.php\">www.scstatehouse.gov\/code\/t16c003.php<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[ emphasis added ]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><b>The word <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;person&#8221;<\/span> is a legal term of art:<\/b><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2013-12-11%20%20Blacks%20Law%20Dictionary%202009;%20Person%20=%20A%20Human%20Being.docx\">Black&#8217;s Law Dictionary (2009): Person = &#8220;A Human Being&#8221;<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b>PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION TO <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>ESTABLISH JUSTICE<\/u><\/span> AND <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>END<\/u><\/span> CHILD-MURDER BY &#8220;ABORTION&#8221; IN SOUTH CAROLINA WAS FIRST FILED IN THE SC LEGISLATURE NEARLY 24 YEARS AGO IN 1998, AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE EVERY YEAR SINCE:<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2021-04-26-2021-2022-SC-Personhood-Bills-H3568-and-S.381-23-Years-of-Personhood-Legislation-in-SC.pdf\">Report<\/a> ]<br \/>\n<b>2021-2022 SC Personhood Bills, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess124_2021-2022\/bills\/3568.htm\">H.3568<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/sess124_2021-2022\/bills\/381.htm\">S.381<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2021-04-11-History-of-Personhood-Legislation-in-South-Carolina-1998-2020.pdf\">23 Years<\/a> of Personhood Legislation in South Carolina<br \/>\n<\/b>April 26, 2021<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>History of Personhood Legislation in South Carolina (1998 &#8211; 2021)<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/10\/history-of-personhood-legislation-in-south-carolina-1998-2021\/\">http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/10\/history-of-personhood-legislation-in-south-carolina-1998-2021\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>PERSONHOOD is the KEY to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>ENDING<\/u>\/<u>ABOLISHING<\/u><\/span> Child-Murder by &#8220;Abortion&#8221; in South Carolina<\/b><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Ignore Roe !<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Interpose !<br \/>\n( <a href=\"https:\/\/defytyrants.com\/\">LesserMagistrate.com<\/a> )<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Establish Justice, <i>Now !<br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><u>END<\/u>\/<u>ABOLISH<\/u><\/b><\/span><strong> Child-Murder by &#8220;Abortion&#8221; <i>Now !<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PASS <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>PERSONHOOD<\/u><\/span> <\/strong><i><strong>NOW !<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>&#8220;Personhood Act of South Carolina&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/b>( 2021-2022 Session of SC Legislature )<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>S.381<br \/>\nH.3568<br \/>\n<\/b>(<a href=\"http:\/\/scstatehouse.gov\/\"><b>scstatehouse.gov<\/b><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>God says,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Thou shalt not kill (murder).&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exodus 20:13, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/108\/\">KJV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">ChristiansforPersonhood<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Non-tax-deductible contributions may be sent to:<\/p>\n<p>Christians for Personhood<br \/>\nPO Box 12222<br \/>\nColumbia, SC 29211<\/p>\n<p>CP@spiritcom.net<!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROE v. 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