Monthly Archives: September 2023
Dobbs Sentences #62: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 4 of 8 Sentence 2 of 3 The next sentence is a single claim, and one we’ve already confirmed: “Quite to the contrary, in the 1732 case mentioned above, the judge said of the charge of abortion (with no mention of quickening) that he had ‘never met with a case so barbarous and unnatural.’28” […]
Dobbs Sentences #61: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 4 of 8 Sentence 1 of 3 The next sentence seems to be making a purely logical point, but also cites another case as backup: “Although a pre-quickening abortion was not itself considered homicide, it does not follow that abortion was permissible at common law—much less that abortion was a legal right. Cf. Glucksberg, […]
Dobbs Sentences #60: Part II B 2 a
Paragraph 3 of 8 Sentence 3 of 3 This paragraph closes with a sentence that contains another simple claim: “For that crime and another ‘misdemeanor,’ Beare was sentenced to two days in the pillory and three years’ imprisonment.27” That other “misdemeanor” of which Mrs. Beare was convicted was that she advised a man to kill […]
Cynical Jason 