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Attempts by the New York legislature to make abortion a crime regardless of the stage of gestation were permanently frustrated because the court…
LawAbortionReproductionThe Court settled the question left open from the case of Commonwealth v. Bangs that it must be proved a woman was "quick with child" in order for…
LawAbortionReproductionThis influential opinion was copied throughout the United States allowing civil actions and wrongful death claims on behalf of children who suffered…
LawFetusReproductionbioethicsThe court decided a child of in vitro fertilization born with cystic fibrosis does not have the right to sue for wrongful life even in the presence…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethicsArizona joined the majority of states that recognized wrongful death claims on behalf of a viable fetus, regardless of whether the child was born…
LawFetusReproductionThe court treated frozen embryos possessed by an in vitro fertilization clinic as property owned by the parents and held under a bailment contract by…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationThe implication of the court's decision was that Thomas Doolan's identity or personhood existed at the embryo stage in vitro, thus the fact that he…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFetusFertilizationIn a case of first impression in the state of New York, the highest state court decided that a priori written agreement between progenitors of frozen…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethicsThe Massachusetts Supreme Court in a case of first impression decided that a prior written agreement between a husband and wife regarding the…
LawFertilizationReproductionReproductive RightsIn Arizona, statutes that protect persons, such as the wrongful death statute, will not be interpreted by the courts to grant personhood status to…
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