Fetal Personhood

Fetal personhood refers to the idea that the fetus is a person with rights. This idea is supported by many pro-lifers in the abortion debate. It is connected to a criticism of the morality of women, who are positioned as murderers and assailants on the rights of this "individual" through abortion. Scholars have identified the idea of fetal personhood as a relatively new concept, one that has transformed the abortion debate to "one that pits the fetus against the woman in an adversarial relationship of two separate persons."