Andrea González-Ramírez

So the question here is like, what should a person do then if they're miscarrying, right? If you have an 11-week pregnancy when that loss might look more like slightly more than a heavy period, right? Does this mean that you're required to scoop the fetal remains from the toilet and take your pad to a hospital or to a coroner or to a funeral home, right?

So the question here is like, what should a person do then if they're miscarrying, right? If you have an 11-week pregnancy when that loss might look more like slightly more than a heavy period, right? Does this mean that you're required to scoop the fetal remains from the toilet and take your pad to a hospital or to a coroner or to a funeral home, right?

Like, it just opens up a lot of questions that there's no law, there's no legislation that dictates how people should be handling the product of their miscarriages.

Like, it just opens up a lot of questions that there's no law, there's no legislation that dictates how people should be handling the product of their miscarriages.

So when we talk about fetal personhood, we're talking about efforts to grant embryos and fetuses the same rights as people.

So when we talk about fetal personhood, we're talking about efforts to grant embryos and fetuses the same rights as people.

The reproductive rights advocates have warned that this legal theory not only curbs access to abortion care, but can also impact things like ABF, because in that process, you are creating and often destroying embryos, but also that this can lead to the criminalization of pregnant people, like in this Georgia case.

The reproductive rights advocates have warned that this legal theory not only curbs access to abortion care, but can also impact things like ABF, because in that process, you are creating and often destroying embryos, but also that this can lead to the criminalization of pregnant people, like in this Georgia case.

Granting fetuses equal rights has long been the anti-abortion movement's ultimate goal.

Granting fetuses equal rights has long been the anti-abortion movement's ultimate goal.

This case, of course, has horrified abortion rights advocates and reproductive rights advocates because it's just like yet another example of what pregnancy criminalization looks like after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

This case, of course, has horrified abortion rights advocates and reproductive rights advocates because it's just like yet another example of what pregnancy criminalization looks like after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The coroner determined that the fetus gestational age was around 19 weeks, meaning it would not have survived outside of the womb. The coroner also said there was no evidence of harm and that instead the woman had naturally miscarried.

The coroner determined that the fetus gestational age was around 19 weeks, meaning it would not have survived outside of the womb. The coroner also said there was no evidence of harm and that instead the woman had naturally miscarried.

So the question here is like, what should a person do then if they're miscarrying, right? If you have an 11-week pregnancy when that loss might look more like slightly more than a heavy period, right? Does this mean that you're required to scoop the fetal remains from the toilet and take your pad to a hospital or to a coroner or to a funeral home, right?

Like, it just opens up a lot of questions that there's no law, there's no legislation that dictates how people should be handling the product of their miscarriages.

So when we talk about fetal personhood, we're talking about efforts to grant embryos and fetuses the same rights as people.

The reproductive rights advocates have warned that this legal theory not only curbs access to abortion care, but can also impact things like ABF, because in that process, you are creating and often destroying embryos, but also that this can lead to the criminalization of pregnant people, like in this Georgia case.

Granting fetuses equal rights has long been the anti-abortion movement's ultimate goal.

This case, of course, has horrified abortion rights advocates and reproductive rights advocates because it's just like yet another example of what pregnancy criminalization looks like after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The coroner determined that the fetus gestational age was around 19 weeks, meaning it would not have survived outside of the womb. The coroner also said there was no evidence of harm and that instead the woman had naturally miscarried.