In his discourse on ‘The Rights of Persons,’ the authoritative treatise writer William Blackstone wrote ‘life is … a right inherent by nature in every individual.’ For Blackstone, if human life existed, legal personhood existed also. There was no distinction between biological human life and legal personhood.[1]
[1] Quote from: https://standingbeforegodblog.wordpress.com/various-documents/responding-to-abortion-is-a-constitutional-right-with-josh-craddock/
Standing Before God, This We Are and No More 