John Oliver on fetal personhood: ‘It effectively treats women as incubators’
The host discussed problems with giving fetuses equivalent rights to humans after the overturning of Roe v Wade On his HBO show on Sunday night, John Oliver discussed the debate over fetal personhood and how the topic has become central to the anti-abortion movement in the US.
About a third of US states have established fetal personhood by law, giving legal rights and protections to fetuses and in some cases embryos.
As a result, hundreds of women have lost custody to their children for reasons related to their pregnancies.
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