'Fetal Personhood' Questions to Ketanji Brown Jackson Should Terrify Us
hen “life begins at conception,” many forms of contraception—including some birth control pills, Plan B, or IUDs—could also be banned, following anti-abortion arguments that claim these methods cause “very early abortions” by preventing a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.
, “anything that puts an embryo at risk could be a criminal violation, even if its goal is the undeniable social good of helping someone have a baby.”With fetal personhood, Sussman says, pregnant people are actually placed at greater risk, contrary to how feticide laws were supposed to protect them.
When Senators like Kennedy and Cornyn ask judicial nominees about their stance on when “equal protection” attaches to a human being, or fetal viability, this is the path they’re ultimately trying to take us down.
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