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Do you know about the volcano that has the same rights as a human person?
New Zealand has granted legal personhood to Mount Taranaki, an active volcano revered by the Māori …
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Fertility expert Leslie Schrock explains why embryonic personhood will never work in practice
Conservatives are in a tizzy over discarded embryos in IVF. But just like our natural human biology…
Blake Dodge
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A Virginia bill would allow a pregnant driver to use the HOV lane by counting the fetus as a person, proving that despite recent failures the fight for fetal personhood is far from over
According to the bill, a pregnant driver would have to make sure they have "certified the pregnancy…
Katie Balevic
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Activists say an elephant at the Bronx Zoo is self-aware and shouldn't live in a 'one-acre prison.' A New York court just ruled she isn't a legal person.
The elephant's attorneys unsuccessfully argued Happy is an intelligent creature illegally detained …
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Private reproduction decisions like IVF and contraception could be at risk now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, experts say
Lawyers and reproductive health doctors said IVF, contraception, and miscarriage management could b…
Rebecca Cohen
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Will IVF and birth control be affected by Roe v. Wade SCOTUS decision? Experts warn these reproduction options might be at risk next.
Lawyers and reproductive health doctors said IVF, contraception, and miscarriage management could b…
Rebecca Cohen
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Trump-backed Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters scrubs website of extreme anti-abortion stance as GOP frets over impact of Roe reversal on the midterms
Blakes Masters' website called for a "federal personhood law" but that stance was removed after he …
Kelsey Vlamis,Taiyler Simone …
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The new Bing is acting all weird and creepy — but the human response is way scarier
Everyone is freaking out because the ChatGPT clone hit on a journalist and said it wanted to be ali…
Adam Rogers
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The battle over abortion access could return to the ballot box in four states as the 2024 elections loom
Several states allow their citizens to amend its constitution via ballot initiative. These four sta…
Brent D. Griffiths,Madison Ha…
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Experts say Amy Coney Barrett's nomination could threaten IVF. Here's why.
The judge has a history of supporting anti-choice groups that believe life begins at fertilization …
Andrea Michelson
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The Supreme Court has overturned hundreds of its own decisions. Here are some of the most consequential reversals.
The court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, gutting federal abortion rights protections. But it's n…
Erin Snodgrass
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From Donald Trump to Mike Pence, the GOP parrots claims about 'abortions at the moment of birth' that experts call 'terrible lies' and a 'complete falsehood'
Conservatives have decried "abortion on demand up to the moment of birth." But according to CDC dat…
Katie Balevic
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Women could get up to 30 years in prison for having a miscarriage under Georgia's harsh new abortion law
Under Georgia's law, it's so far unclear whether fetuses would be given their own separate trials o…
Grace Panetta
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The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to an Indiana law that requires aborted fetuses to be buried, and experts say it's a dark sign for abortion rights
Federal appeals courts have blocked similar fetal burial laws passed in Texas and Arkansas. In Sept…
Grace Panetta
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Alabama's new anti-abortion law compares abortion to the Holocaust and other genocides
"All of these are widely acknowledged to have been crimes against humanity. By comparison, more tha…
Grace Panetta
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals the 'most disappointing' Supreme Court decision of her career
The controversial 2010 decision, a 5-4 split roundly criticized on the left, expanded the idea of "…
Maxwell Tani
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Here's What We Know About Where Every Supreme Court Justice Stands On Gay Marriage
Alito appears to be firm in his view that states should be the ones to decide these issues. In July…
Bryan Logan,Matt Johnston
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals the 'most disappointing' Supreme Court decision of her career
The controversial 2010 decision, a 5-4 split roundly criticized on the left, expanded the idea of "…
Maxwell Tani
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After Gaining Right To Free Speech, Corporations Could Get Right To Religious Freedom, Too
We accept that the Hahns sincerely believe that the termination of a fertilized embryo constitutes …
Erin Fuchs
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North Dakota State Lawmakers Have Effectively Banned Abortion
"We applaud North Dakota for defending life," CEO and President Penny Nance said in a statement. ".…