PBS NewsHour: The role of fetal personhood in the anti-abortion movement and legislation

The role of fetal personhood in the anti-abortion movement and legislation

The all-Republican Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos created using in-vitro fertilization are legally children, a move that was hailed by many in the anti-abortion movement. John Yang speaks with Julie F. Kay, a human rights attorney who defends reproductive rights in cases globally, to learn more about a recent legislative push to give fetuses the legal rights of a person.