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Comment by kylebyproxy

> applies to a member of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the womb with embryonic or fetal cardiac activity

The text of the Georgia statute you cited only uses detectable human heartbeat as an example ("including"), not a requirement for personhood.

> “Unborn child” means a member of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the womb.

This would seem open-ended enough to apply to individual eggs.

parent kylebyproxy 3 years ago

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