Wish I had time to study this, but it is bedtime. With no state having yet passed legislation declaring a fetus a human being (to my knowledge), Utah could become the first, potentially, as a bill is being proposed in Utah.
Remember from Tuesday's blog the significance of legislation declaring that personhood begins at conception. In the majority ruling in the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, Justice Harry Blackmun conceded that the decision was based on the premise that a fetus was not a person. If the fetus is a human, then it is entitled to constitutional rights.
Well, scientifically (to my knowledge), it is now conceded that the fetus is a human. If laws also declare this, the Supreme Court is going to be hard pressed not to accept another case, and overturn Roe v. Wade.
Utah could, potentially, be the first state. Virginia, though, already passed a bill in its house, and could pass it in its senate any time, and their governor would then likely sign it. Utah's bill is not progressing so rapidly.
A number of states are considering "personhood" legislation. Should Utah become one of them that passes such a bill, then it is possible a case that could reach the Supreme Court could come out of Utah. That would be neat.
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