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[Kentucky Supreme] Court discards'born alive' rule, says'viable' fetus is a person
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| Last Edited | PragCon 3.0 Jun 17, 2004 11:31pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, June 17, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | he Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a fetus is a person as long as it is "viable" - capable of surviving outside the womb - and its wrongful killing can be prosecuted as a homicide.
The court discarded its longheld rule that a fetus was not a person - and its death not a homicide - until a live birth occurred.
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