The case against Chandler-Scott is believed to be the first of its kind in Georgia, according to Dana Sussman, the senior vice-president of Pregnancy Justice, a reproductive justice group that tracks the criminalization of pregnancy. After the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, Georgia enacted an abortion ban that includes language suggesting that fetuses are people. The anti-abortion movement has long aimed to implement the doctrine of “fetal personhood”, which holds that embryos and fetuses should be treated like people, complete with full legal rights and protections.
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