The Supreme Court has ruled that unborn babies are not “persons” according to the law and, therefore, cannot be protected legally. However, the Court also:
“consistently held that corporations are “persons” for purposes of the Due Process Clause.”
Minneapolis R. Co. v. P Beckwith, 129 US 26 (1889); Connecticut General Life Insurance Co v. Johnson, 303 US 77 (1938); Wheeling Steel Corporation v. Glander 337 US 562 (1949)
quoted in
James F Bohan. The House of Atreus: Abortion Is a Human Rights Issue (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 1999) 11
