This piece first appeared in our weekly newsletter, The Fallout.
The Alabama Supreme Court decision declaring in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos “people” under the law hard launched the concept of “fetal personhood” to much of the American public and underscored what abortion rights advocates had warned for decades: The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect much more than just the right to abortion.
The immediate fallout from the Alabama Supreme Court decision spawned a flurry of media coverage focused on conservative extremism, so much so that the Alabama legislature rushed through a bill to “fix” the decision, Republicans released strategy memos citing Kellyanne Conway........