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I think that is a correct analysis, and there is an even more explicit, insidious precedent-appropriating that could be going on here. Both cases deal with the issue of "personhood" and the Great New Laci and Connor Bill that Bush signed into law (and was bragging about) is a backdoor assault on abortion, because it sets a precedent of granting legal personhood to a fetus. This is, of course, dangerous, as the original Supreme Court decision was written around viability, which is becoming more and more murky with the new technology, but anyway, fetus=legal status under law. Before this fetus was not afforded equal protection under law, JUST LIKE A SLAVE was not afforded equal protection under law. In the cuurent kulturkampf, and with the Keyes-Obama debacle, the two are pretty perversely and explicitly linked.