The story has gone viral, but if Brandy Bottone’s challenge is successful, she could inadvertently support anti-abortion activists’ end goal.
In a statement shared with Jezebel, National Advocates for Pregnant Women deputy executive director Dana Sussman says “fetal personhood laws that broadly redefine what a person or human is under the state’s criminal and civil codes” already exist in many states, and have “massively destabilizing, confusing, and unconstitutional impacts by attempting to give fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses the same rights and privileges as living people.
, has “found people to be ‘neglectful’ or ‘abusive’ parents before there’s even an actual baby,” Sussman said, because of their actions during pregnancy.
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