Oct 6, 2026 · 11 min · 7 segments
One of our listeners, Contessa, wants to know what the hell fetal personhood is. Short answer: It’s the anti-choice movement’s push to give fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses a legal right to life…
Imani GandyHost
She asks, what the hell is fetal personhood? The short answer is that fetal personhood is the legal strategy of turning a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus into a constitutional rights-bearing person.
And once you understand that, you can understand why the anti-choice movement wants fetal personhood so badly.
She asks, what the hell is fetal personhood? The short answer is that fetal personhood is the legal strategy of turning a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus into a constitutional rights-bearing person.
And once you understand that, you can understand why the anti-choice movement wants fetal personhood so badly.
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