title: Smith v. Newsome, 17 April 1987.
abstract: The Court held, among other things, that the Georgia feticide statute prohibiting the willful killing of an unborn child so far developed as to be called "quick" was not unconstitutionally vague and did not conflict with the holding of Roe vs. Wade that an unborn child is not a "person" within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. It ruled that the mother's interests were in no way infringed upon by the status given to the fetus in the statute.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000569:Americas; D003415:Crime; D019049:Developed Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005333:Fetus; D005845:Georgia; D006708:Homicide; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009656:North America; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction; D012940:Social Problems; D014481:United States
keywords: Abortion, Induced--legal aspects; Americas; Court Decision; Crime; Developed Countries; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Fetus--legal aspects; Georgia; Homicide--legal aspects; North America; Northern America; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Social Problems; United States