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theweaselkingIdiot judge rules that a couple can sue a fertility clinic for "wrongful death" because a single-celled embryo died.
In an opinion issued Friday, Cook County Judge Jeffrey Lawrence said "a pre-embryo is a 'human being' ... whether or not it is implanted in its mother's womb."
He said the couple is as entitled to seek compensation as any parents whose child has been killed.
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Unlike most technically ignorant public servants, his address and phone number are not casually available.
In an opinion issued Friday, Cook County Judge Jeffrey Lawrence said "a pre-embryo is a 'human being' ... whether or not it is implanted in its mother's womb."
He said the couple is as entitled to seek compensation as any parents whose child has been killed.
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Unlike most technically ignorant public servants, his address and phone number are not casually available.
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Date: 2005-02-07 03:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-07 04:04 am (UTC)Better start screwing those 12-year-olds, just to make sure you don't miss the first one and have to prosecute.