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		RobertRoberts on June 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (198... Maybe they can't mandate it? There could be legal precedence that anything that can feel pain must be a living being and therefore to end it's life could be considered a criminal act.

anon291 on June 14, 2022 [–]

Then perhaps we should reconsider the act?

But really, states have broad authority to do whatever. They can legalize murder if they really wanted.

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