a great question

By Cal Thomas, in World Magazine:

What makes the ruling and the march ironic is that the 1973 court, in essence, downgraded a human fetus to the level of nonperson, while the modern court has invested “personhood” in corporations. Does anyone else see a contradiction or at least a moral inconsistency in these two rulings?

via WORLD Magazine | Personhood | Cal Thomas | Jan 26, 10.

I hadn’t really thought of this inconsistency.  While I’m not sure it really is a new inconsistency, it is inconsistent.  Why ascribe rights to corporations as legal persons while denying rights to the unborn, who are actual persons?