Trealach: The TRUTH,sadly often hurts - but it remains the TRUTH. It seems you have difficulty along with the US courts in understanding that premise.It is never for a court to determine well established medical scientific fact - their function is to determine and enforce Law.
IF a woman the US can have an abortion up to and including Partial Delivery - perhaps then, since you claim to have the same understanding as the US courts, tell me - when exactly does humman life BEGIN? - Note: I said Human Life - not birth. IF a woman has the right to terminate her Pregnancy, WHAT exactly is she Pregnant with, if it's NOT human life?
The truth only hurts when it isn't clear or delivered in a mean and spiteful way. in this case, the "truth" of when life begins is still being debated by doctors and everyone else. here's an example:
http://www.familydoctormag.com/sexual-health/251-when-does-life-begin-medical-experts-debate-abortion-issue.htmlSome define a fetus as a human being when it becomes able to live outside the womb, others see things differently. Who's right? I sure as heck don't know for sure but I can believe what I wish. The only known fact is that the U.S. Supreme court has deemed that abortions are legal and they did this based on a number of criteria. You can read about it here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=What+testimony+was+received+by+the+Supreme+court+in+Roe+vs+Wade&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
The point being that regardless of our personal beliefs on when life does/does not begin, there is nothing definitive inside the medical community. You may choose a side and so can I but that makes neither of us right. This is why I choose to let people make up their own minds. In most cases people are smart enough to make decisions for themselves.