[stylin19a]

In Roe v Wade, SCOTUS specifically avoided making a determination when life begins. I always thought this was a loophole for the states. I'm waiting for a state to have the cajones to pass legislation saying life begins at conception.

[tanknetter]

In Roe v Wade, SCOTUS specifically avoided making a determination when life begins. I always thought this was a loophole for the states. I'm waiting for a state to have the cajones to pass legislation saying life begins at conception.

IIRC there have been states that have done this.

Amusingly (if anything related to abortion can be described as "amusing"), in one state that I remember offhand the law of unintended consequences came into play. There were all sorts of 15 and 20 year-olds filing suit to be able to drive and drink alcohol (respectively) based on their lives having begun 9 months before they were born. I think there were even Medicare-related suits based on the same principle.