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Commonwealth v. Luceba Parker [Brief] (1845)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: Sep 12, 2010
The 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…
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Evans v. People of the State of New York [Brief] (1872)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: Sep 12, 2010
Attempts by the New York legislature to make abortion a crime regardless of the stage of gestation were permanently frustrated because the court…
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Paretta v. Medical Offices for Human Reproduction [Brief] (2003)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
The 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 VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethics
Litowitz v. Litowitz [Brief] (2002)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
Pursuant to an express provision of the embryo disposition contract they both signed, a husband and wife had to petition the court for instructions…
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Dietrich v. Inhabitants of Northampton [Brief] (1884)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
This influential opinion by famed jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was copied by courts throughout the United States. For over sixty years, courts…
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Davis v. Davis [Brief] (1992)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
This case was the first of its kind to address questions of personhood in the context of in vitro fertilization of a human embryo. It laid a…
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J.B. v. M.B. [Brief] (2001)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
In a dispute over frozen embryos during a divorce case, the court decided the wife's fundamental right to not procreate mandated destruction of the…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethics
Bonbrest v. Kotz [Brief] (1946)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
This influential opinion was copied throughout the United States allowing civil actions and wrongful death claims on behalf of children who suffered…
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Doolan v. IVF America [Brief] (2000)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
The 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…
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Jeter v. Mayo Clinic Arizona [Brief] (2005)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
In 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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