And now, the preamble of Roe vs. Wade: "1. A state criminal abortion statute of the current Texas type, that excepts from criminality only a life-saving proced

And now, the preamble of Roe vs. Wade: "1. A state criminal abortion statute of the current Texas type, that excepts from criminality only a life-saving procedure on behalf of the mother, without regard to pregnancy stage and without recognition of the other interests involved, is violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (a) For the stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester, the abortion decision and its effectuation must be left to the medical judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician. (b) For the stage subsequent to approximately the end of the first trimester, the State, in promoting its interest in the health of the mother, may, if it chooses, regulate the abortion procedure in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health. (c) For the stage subsequent to viability, the State in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life [410 U.S. 113, 165] may, if it chooses, regulate, and even proscribe, abortion except where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother." > For the stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester The Supreme Court legislates classifications of time in an attempt to delineate what is and is not human. > For the stage subsequent to viability, the State in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life The Supreme Court legislates the concept of a "non-human", with the words "viability" and "potentiality of human life" instead. http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/rvw/rvw11.htm http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/rvw/rvw11.htm