Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker: “All Human Beings Bear God’s Image From the Moment of Conception”

https://www.lifenews.com/ ^ | Feb 23, 2024 | Steve Ertelt

[NKP_Vet]

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker issued the following concurring opinion in a case last week that ruled 8-1 that unborn children are human beings and the state’s wrongful death law can include them when it comes to destroying human embryos at an IVF fertility clinic.

PARKER, Chief Justice (concurring specially).

A good judge follows the Constitution instead of policy, except when the Constitution itself commands the judge to follow a certain policy. In these cases, that means upholding the sanctity of unborn life, including unborn life that exists outside the womb.

Our state Constitution contains the following declaration of public policy: “This state acknowledges, declares, and affirms that it is the public policy of this state to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, including the right to life” (sometimes referred to as “the Sanctity of Unborn Life Amendment”).

Meaning of ‘sanctity’ The Alabama Constitution does not expressly define the phrase “sanctity of unborn life.” The goal of constitutional interpretation is to discern the original public meaning, which is “‘the meaning the people understood a provision to have at the time they enacted it.’ ” Constitutional interpretation must start with the text, but it also must include the context of the time in which it was adopted?…

[joesbucks]

Scripturally, we’re all created. I’ve long seen that first deep gasp as the soul making an entry.

[DPMD]

Amen. And Amen.