Check this video out. It was produced by the National Association for Pregnant Women, a group that seeks to protect the rights and human dignity of all women, particularly pregnant and parenting women and those who are most vulnerable, including low income women, women of color, and drug-using women. Yeah, not exactly your standard suburban mom, but women who expect at least minimal control over their own bodies. Like not being removed from her home when she is in the middle of delivery, strapped down, and forced to have a Cesarean section, unnecessarily and against her will.
This video looks at the impact of the "personhood amendment" initiatives on women who oppose abortion but find that, because of this outrageous initiative to define life from the moment of fertilization, they have been required BY A COURT to be subjected to Cesarean sections against their will. One woman was accused of murder because she delivered a stillborn twin, and another died because a court required her to carry the pregnancy to term despite the requests of her, her husband, her family and her doctor -- the resulting surgery killed both her and the baby.
Regardless of how you feel about abortion, the "personhood amendment" initiatives that try to ascribe full human rights to a fetus have a terrible and sometimes fatal impact on women who are pregnant, even and especially those who want to carry their pregnancy to term but don't want to die because of that life-giving decision.
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