Word: person
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...fetus is a person under Missouri law, isn't her unborn child being imprisoned without due process, in violation of the 13th Amendment...
...fetus should be treated as a person and should not be put in prision without a trial," the woman's attorney, Michael S. Box, told The New York Times. "The fetus should not serve a sentence for a mother...
...flip-side of the case is an opening for a dangerous intrusion of state power into women's lives. If a fetus has the rights of a person, then the mother could legally be held to certain duties...
...fetus is a person, shouldn't states pass laws regulating pregnant mothers health? Smoking or poor eating habits could be interpreted as parental negligence...
That's why state attempts to protect a fetus--or "unborn person," as Missouri now mandates--are really attempts to interfere with women's control over their bodies...