The Alabama Supreme Court's decision that frozen embryos have the same rights as children came as a surprise even to many who oppose abortion rights. But for researchers and activists who have long tracked narratives at the most extreme end of the anti-abortion movement, this legal determination was inevitable. They say it shows how, even as the pro-abortion rights movement focuses on preserving legal access to abortion and contraception, other laws that codify the once-fringe notion of 'legal personhood' may more immediately underpin decisions that could drastically curtail reproductive rights.
The Alabama Supreme Court 's decision that frozen embryos have the same rights as children came as a surprise even to many who oppose abortion rights. But for researchers and activists who have long tracked narratives at the most extreme end of the anti-abortion movement, this legal determination was inevitable.
They say it shows how, even as the pro-abortion rights movement focuses on preserving legal access to abortion and contraception, other laws that codify the once-fringe notion of 'legal personhood' may more immediately underpin decisions that could drastically curtail reproductive rights. 'The movement that's referred to as 'personhood,' to indicate that life begins at conception, was always going here,' said Alex DiBranco, executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
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