One of the anti-abortion movement's most twisted, dehumanizing ideas is that an embryo should have the same rights as a born person and it's gaining momentum.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, pregnancy advocates fear more women who miscarry will be charged with murder as one woman who spent time behind bars is speaking out
Those who wish to ban legal abortion are not “pro-life”; they are pro-criminalization. Those who wish to protect the right to abortion are not “pro-choice”; they are anti-criminalization. Reframing the conflict in these terms clarifies the stakes. At issue here is not a principled attachment to “life” or to “choice” but the practical question of whether terminating a pregnancy should be considered a crime.
Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, experts warn that prosecutions will increase for miscarriages, stillbirths and self-induced abortions.