Anti-Abortion Movement Shifts Focus to Fetal Personhood
What: UC Davis law professor Mary Ziegler’s new book shows how fetal personhood—declaring embryos as legal persons—is now the top priority for anti-abortion advocates.
Key Line: “For many…a fertilized egg is already a human being, and therefore…entitled to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Source: The New Yorker
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