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Fetal rights (alternatively prenatal rights [1]) are the moral rights or legal rights of the human fetus under natural and civil law. The term fetal rights came into wide usage after Roe v. Wade , the 1973 landmark case that legalized abortion in the United States and was essentially overturned in 2022.
The born alive rule was originally a principle at common law in England that was carried to the United States and other former colonies of the British Empire. First formulated by William Staunford, it was later set down by Edward Coke in his Institutes of the Laws of England: "If a woman be quick with childe, and by a potion or otherwise killeth it in her wombe, or if a man beat her, whereby ...
An Arizona personhood law from 2021 would define any biological phase after conception, including fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs as “people.” The law remains blocked by the courts.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court decided not to take up a case on the so-called fetal personhood debate. In 2019, a Catholic group and two pregnant women sued the state of Rhode Island, arguing that ...
The law defines this term, “child in utero" as "a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb." [1] The law is codified in two sections of the United States Code: Title 18, Chapter 1 (Crimes), §1841 (18 USC 1841) and Title 10, Chapter 22 (Uniform Code of Military Justice) §919a
Lawmakers push bills to establish fetal personhood. In 2025, states with abortion bans are expected to push for explicit fetal rights in the law. In Oklahoma, abortion is banned under a 1910 ...
The justices turned away an appeal by a Catholic group and two women of a lower court's ruling holding that fetuses lacked the proper legal standing to challenge a 2019 state law codifying the ...
A six-week abortion ban, also called a "fetal heartbeat bill" by proponents, is a law in the United States which makes abortion illegal as early as six weeks gestational age (two weeks after a woman's first missed period), which is when proponents claim that a "fetal heartbeat" can be detected.