Cohen, GlennSayeed, Sadath2014-04-032011I. Glenn Cohen & Sadath Sayeed, Fetal Pain, Abortion, Viability and the Constitution, 39 J.L. Med. & Ethics 235 (2011).1073-1105http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12025606In early 2010, the Nebraska state legislature passed a new abortion restricting law asserting a new, compelling state interest in preventing fetal pain. In this article, we review existing constitutional abortion doctrine and note difficulties presented by persistent legal attention to a socially derived viability construct. We then offer a substantive biological, ethical, and legal critique of the new fetal pain rationale.en-USAbortion, Fetal Pain, Constitutional Law, Fetus, Viability, BioethicsJournal Article2014-04-0310.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00592.x/pdf