By Monica Migliorino Miller, Catholic World Report - A first-hand account of the recent trials and sentencing of the “Garland 9” in Washington, D.C... As behavior protected by the Constitution and regulated by statue in every state, abortion cannot be defined as “public or private injury” As we have shown, the defendants’ contention that the fetus suffers great injury has no meaning for this Court, nor does it qualify as the requisite “injury” to justify the assertion of the defense of necessity….[T]he fetus has no rights, nor does the State or any individual have an interest in protecting the continuation of fetal development.