Reason 2.3.A – Roe v. Wade (Blackmun and Collapse)

Henry Blackmun, in favour of Roe v. Wade, wrote the following:

If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant’s case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment.

In other words,

U.S. Supreme Court decides Roe v. Wade, making abortion legal in all 50 states. But in his majority opinion, Justice Harry Blackmun notes, “If this suggestion of personhood is established, [Roe’s] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.”

For, the Fourteenth Amendment states the following:

No State… shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Pro-Abortion Response 2.3.A.1 – “Person” Did Not Include the Unborn at the Time