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The Fight for Fetal Rights
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From the Laci Peterson case to late term abortion, there’s a powerful movement to endow the fetus with civil rights. Is dismantling Roe v. Wade far behind? Inside the fight for fetal rights.

Guests:

Suzanne Smalley, reporter for Newsweek, co-author of this week’s cover article, “Should a Fetus Have Rights?”

Congresswoman Melissa Hart (R-PA), sponsoring the Unborn Victims of Violence act in the US House of Representatives

Professor Bonnie Steinbok, Chair of the department of Philosophy at SUNY Albany, author of “Life Before Birth: The Moral and Legal Status of Embryos and Fetuses”

Professor Hadley Arkes, fellow in politics at Princeton University, author of “Natural Rights and the Right to Choose”

 
 

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