Shortly after Donald Trump He took office on January 20, many extremist abortion bills were presented in the House of Representatives, including the draft law of the fetus.
It was presented by some of more than the most anti -aeronmiscarriage Representatives in Congress, one draft law –HR 722It penetrates that it is especially radical. HR 722 seeks to write down in the law what is known as colloquial The personality of the fetus. This is the idea of a person from the moment of pregnancy, which gives the fetus the same legal rights as a person.
While many people have informed the bills-especially human resources 722-as anxiety, experts believe that time is not the right time for preachers supporting the choice yet.
“There is no way [these bills] “The Senate can pass, and they may not pass the House of Representatives,” Robert M. Shom, a political strategic expert and director of the Political Future Center at the University of South California, luster.
Sonia SterieA professor at the Faculty of Law at George Washington University agrees. “I think there is no doubt that there are those who want to pay a personal bill, but I don’t think they will get the votes for that,” she says.
luster Consult with SHRUM and SUter about what these bills mean, what authors are trying to do, and what we should pay attention to as the Trump administration advances forward.
What does the bill say?
The most prominent of these bills, HR 722And, which was presented by actor Eric Porleson from Missouri, a Republican, “is implemented by equal protection under Article Fourteen of the amendment of the Constitution for the right to the life of every human and born humanitarian person,” also known as the personality of the fetus. There were 69 clowns of the bill, all of whom are Republicans.
Wait, what is the personality of the fetus?
It is an extreme concept to combat abortion that gives all legal rights to the fetus like any other person. Basically, as soon as the sperm meets with eggs and becomes a fetus, the resulting fetus is a child, with the same protection.
The problems of this type of belief are clear, because this means that the fetus is a separate entity that is legally protected within a pregnant person. As a group of invitation Pregnancy justice This places, “The personality of the fetus directly defies the rights of women and anyone who is able to become pregnant and creates a direct struggle between the rights of pregnant women and those called” children who have not yet been born. “
It also provides a set of other legal issues. Remember how Alabama closed artificial insemination Procedures temporarily last year due to a Court ruling Did this embryos say “external children”? (After a national protest, it was a draft law to protect artificial insemination in the state later Pass))
What other bills are provided?
While many people are specifically angry about HB 722, it is only one of many anti -miscarriages that have been presented in the past few weeks.
These include: HR 629Which prohibits abortion medicine (19 COSPONS); HR 795Which would prevent pregnancy from “treating a disease” (8 components); and HR 682Which would prohibit abortion after the discovery of the “heartbeat” fetus (37 festivals).
Will these bills get traction?
Experts say it is very unlikely, because legislators know how popular they are. The majority of Americans, 63 %, Supporting legal abortionEven in the red states, legislation to write down the rights to abort it A virgin majority Since the fall Row.
