Word: tort
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state's unborn children. Heffernan's brief argued that overturning the law would deprive the unborn of life without due process. He noted that since the 18th century courts have recognized the fetus' right to inherit or to share a trust, and that modern developments in tort law have recognized suits for injury on behalf of the fetus. But a federal court overturned the Illinois law as "unconstitutionally vague" because it did not clearly specify what acts were violations. There was a brief surge of abortions in the state's hospitals. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood...