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![page 38 of the lawsuit:
V. CAUSES OF ACTION
CLAIM I: VIOLATION OF 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (TIERRA WALKER’S RIGHT TO LIFE)
(against Defendants Paxton, Carlton, Clifton, Stewart, and Franka in their individual capacity)
138. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference all of the foregoing as if fully restated herein and further alleges as follows:
139. Individual Defendants’ conduct, as described in this petition, deprived Ms. Walker of her right to life as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
140. There is no right more fundamental to our system of government, more clearly established, than a person’s right to life. Cruzan v Director, Mo. Dep’t. of Health, 497 US 261, 281 (1990) (“It cannot be disputed that the Due Process Clause protects an interest in life.”); see also Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 9 (1985) (“[The] fundamental interest in [one’s] own life need not be elaborated upon.”); Kallstrom v. City of Columbus, 136 F.3d 1055, 1063 (6th Cir. 1998) (“[I]t goes without saying that an individual’s interest in preserving her life is one of constitutional dimension.” (internal citations and quotations omitted)). The fundamental right to life does not cease to exist simply because a person is pregnant. Wilner v. Prowda, 158 Misc.2d 579, 583 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County 1993) (“[W]omen do not lose their constitutionally protected liberty . . . when they are pregnant” (internal citations omitted)); State v. Zurawski, 690 S.W.3d 644, 673 (Tex. 2024) (Lehrmann, J., concurring) (“[A] pregnant patient retains a liberty interest in access to medical care, including abortion, to protect her life and health.”).
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