As always, you can find the Dobbs v. Jackson decision here.

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“The original ground for drawing a distinction between pre- and post-quickening abortions is not entirely clear, but some have attributed the rule to the difficulty of proving that a pre-quickening fetus was alive.”

Two claims:

• “The original ground for drawing a distinction between pre- and post-quickening abortions is not entirely clear”
• “[S]ome have attributed the rule to the difficulty of proving that a pre-quickening fetus was alive.”

Excellent. Let’s see where this goes.

Undetermined:

• “The original ground for drawing a distinction between pre- and post-quickening abortions is not entirely clear”
• “[S]ome have attributed the rule to the difficulty of proving that a pre-quickening fetus was alive.”