Apparently there was a debate mistake on the topic there. I know nothing about football though, other than I could not get anyone in New Orleans to watch the debate.
Speaking of football: Hey, why did Diane Sawyer not ask about Tim Tebow? I bet if she had one more question, that is the only pressing issue that was not covered!
There was a debate tonight? Just kidding; would have watched the Saints wup up on the Lions even if Limbaugh and all his guest hosts had been moderating. Maybe I should say "moderating" with a sneer?
A few quick notes on the legal status of unborn children and how being stillborn affects their status:
Legal personality has attached to unborn babies for some purposes even if they are born dead for more than 2,000 years. Legal personality attaches to all babies if they live long enough to take a breath or make a sound; just one of either is enough. This baby lived 2 hours, so Gabriel had all the rights anyone who lived to be 100 ever had during that much longer life span.
A few quick examples from old Roman and current Louisiana law, which is largely copied from Roman law:
Roman Law:(Digest 1.5.7) "nasciturus pro iam nato habetur quotiens de commodo eius agitur"
This is the "nasciturus rule." An unborn child, if subsequently born alive, is considered as already in existence whenever it is to its own advantage.
Civil Code Art. 26. Unborn child
An unborn child shall be considered as a natural person for whatever relates to its interests from the moment of conception. If the child is born dead, it shall be considered never to have existed as a person, except for purposes of actions resulting from its wrongful death.
Art. 940. Same; unborn child
An unborn child conceived at the death of the decedent and thereafter born alive shall be considered to exist at the death of the decedent.
Art. 1474. Unborn children, capacity to receive
To be capable of receiving by donation inter vivos [between living persons], an unborn child must be in utero at the time the donation is made. To be capable of receiving by donation mortis causa [by death, whether a will/ testament was written or not], an unborn child must be in utero at the time of the death of the testator. In either case, the donation has effect only if the child is born alive.
So a funeral was perfectly legitimate and entirely appropriate.
BTW, I recall Ken Burns' PBS special on the Civil War featured photographs of cleaned up but quite dead soliders as being a cottage industry at the time.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThat is okay Ms. Lopez.
Newt exposed himself again, by trying to reference something to play to the crowd, but clearly had no idea what he was talking about. It wasn't merely a slip of the tongue. It was one of those grand moments when one gets caught being phony, and Gingrich reveals again he verbalizes manipulation with ease.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseRe: the inanity of Diane Sawyer.
Last summer I had the "opportunity" to watch the ABC World News Tonight, with Diane Sawyer.
In the world, NKorea was acting up, the Chicoms were making noise, major weather disasters in Australia and Thailand, war in Afghanistan, instability in Pakistan and Iraq, "Arab Spring" springing, the Grecian economy going all to hell, the other PIIGS starting to fall apart, the Euro under pressure, US budget deficits and debt limits.
The lead story? A puppy was stuck in a pipe and was being rescued.
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