Justice Samuel Alito said that abortion policy crafted by elected representatives in the states would be more responsive to what constituents want than federal protection of the right. He was wrong.
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The definition of personhood is a key and contested philosophical issue that has made legalized abortion such a longstanding controversy.
Arguments in a case that could fundamentally alter a woman’s right to abortion were heard at the Supreme Court. Justices’ questions suggest that Roe v. Wade is on shaky ground.
The upcoming debate at the Supreme Court is less about the existence of the right to abortion and more about how that right is limited by the emerging personhood of a fetus.
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, University of Texas at Arlington
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Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
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Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor, Gettysburg College
