Judge: Couple can sue fertitilty clinic for Wrongful Death of Embryo

[MrVicchio]

A Chicago judge has ruled that an embryo mistakenly discarded by an Illinois fertility clinic was a 'human' and its parents can sue under the state's wrongful death law.

Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Lawrence ruled "a pre-embryo is a 'human being' within the ... Wrongful Death Act and that a claim lies for its wrongful destruction whether or not it is implanted in its mother's womb."
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In his decision, Judge Lawrence wrote that he was following the state's Wrongful Death Act which permits women to sue if their unborn children are killed in an attack or accident.

"Philosophers and theologians may debate, but there is no doubt in the mind of the Illinois legislature when life begins. It begins at conception," Lawrence wrote.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=42735

This... is gonna make it to the Supreme Court I think. Should be fun to watch this one get nasty.

[Dieval]

An embryo is human yet later term abortions are still allowed? Am I missing something?

[SandTrout]

Could this finaly overturn Roe v. Wade?

[Headrattle]

I should point out that it isn't as good as you guys would like to think. The Embryos are in a very early stage of developement. And if this rule stands, Fertilization clinics would all have to shut their doors because ALL of them destroy embryos at this stage. They do this because they take a shotgun treatment of fertilization and they try to fertilize many eggs and only pick one. They destroy the rest. If this ruling stands, the tens of thousands of Embryos that are in freezers all across America would have their own right to live. And thus they would all have to be brought to term. This would also mean that stim cell research would be illegal in many cases, and that abortion would indeed be illegal as well.

While I agree with the ruling, and I am not a big fan of Fertilization clinics at all anyway, however the truth is that because of the clinics this ruling will not stand for very long. Don't get your hopes up.

[SandTrout]

Don't get me wrong, I compleatly understand what you're saying HR, and I agree. I'd rather just be optomistic for now