Tag Archives: Proto-felony-murder rule

Dobbs Sentences #69: Part II B 2 a

Paragraph 6 of 7 Sentence 1 of 4 The next paragraph opens with a sentence that contains two closely-related claims: “Notably, Blackstone, like Hale, did not state that this proto-felony-murder rule required that the woman be ‘with quick child’—only that she be ‘with child.’ Id., at 201.” That’s simple enough. Here are the claims separated: […]

Dobbs Sentences #64: Part II B 2 a

Paragraph 5 of 8 Sentence 1 of 5 The next paragraph opens with a sentence with two claims, one of which is the whole sentence “That the common law did not condone even pre-quickening abortions is confirmed by what one might call a proto-felony-murder rule.” The claims: This obviously introduces the next subject, and whatever […]