{"id":2897,"date":"2008-07-01T22:17:30","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T02:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2008-07-01T22:17:30","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T02:17:30","slug":"court-affirms-law-calling-unborn-living-human-beings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/court-affirms-law-calling-unborn-living-human-beings\/","title":{"rendered":"Court affirms law calling unborn ‘living human beings’"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Net Daily<\/a> | June 30, 2008<\/p>\n

Ruling lifts Planned Parenthood injunction against state’s abortion statute<\/em><\/p>\n

A federal court ruled against Planned Parenthood and rejected an injunction against a state law requiring doctors to tell women seeking abortions that they may face serious medical conditions and will “terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.”<\/p>\n

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit issued a 7-4 ruling Friday to lift an injunction against the South Dakota informed consent abortion law. Attorneys representing the Alliance Defense Fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the Family Research Council in defense of the law.<\/p>\n

“A woman’s life is worth more than Planned Parenthood’s bottom line,” said ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence in a statement. “Anyone truly concerned about the interests of women supports making sure they have access to all the information necessary to make a fully informed decision. Planned Parenthood, on the other hand, has argued adamantly to restrict the information women have about the lives of their pre-born babies. We’re pleased the court’s decision today will make sure women have access to the information they need and deserve.”<\/p>\n

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The court said U.S. Supreme Court rulings allow a state to “use its regulatory authority to require a physician to provide truthful, non-misleading information relevant to a patient’s decision to have an abortion, even if that information might also encourage the patient to choose childbirth over abortion.”<\/p>\n

The South Dakota act defines a human being as “an individual living member of the species Homo sapiens, including the unborn human being during the entire embryonic and fetal ages from fertilization to full gestation.”<\/p>\n

According to the law, a woman is not considered to be informed unless she receives written notice stating:<\/p>\n