Tag Archives: John Keown

Dobbs Sentences #88: Part II B 2 c

Paragraph 3 of 6 Sentence 4 of 4 One claim in this sentence: “One scholar has suggested that Parliament’s decision ‘may partly have been attributable to the medical man’s concern that fetal life should be protected by the law at all stages of gestation.’ Keown 22.” I still don’t have access to Dr. John Keown’s […]

Dobbs Sentences #63: Part II B 2 a

Paragraph 4 of 8 Sentence 3 of 3 The sentence that ends this paragraph has two simple claims: “Similarly, an indictment from 1602, which did not distinguish between a pre-quickening and post-quickening abortion, described abortion as ‘pernicious’ and ‘against the peace of our Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity’.” Keown 7 (discussing R. v. […]