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288: Taking Liberties

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Mar 21, 2026
They unpack a Georgia prosecution tied to mifepristone and how fetal personhood laws can reshape criminal liability. They explore subpoenas and probes involving the DOJ, the Federal Reserve, and intelligence figures. They examine protest convictions labeled as antifa and the risks those rulings pose to civil liberties and free expression.
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INSIGHT

Dobbs Let States Grant Fetuses Person Status

  • Dobbs enabled states to define embryos and fetuses as legal persons with broad rights.
  • Barb McQuade explains Georgia's 2019 Life Act grants in utero fetuses natural person status with limited exceptions like rape, incest, or maternal life risk.
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Hospital Kept Brain Dead Woman On Life Support To Deliver Baby

  • Jill Wine-Banks recounts a hospital keeping a brain-dead pregnant woman on life support to deliver a baby.
  • The woman, Adriana Smith, was maintained for months; the infant survived in NICU and custody went to the father despite family wishes.
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Personhood Laws Risk Religious Establishment Problems

  • Religious plurality raises constitutional problems for fetal personhood laws.
  • Barb McQuade and Kimberly Atkins Stohr argue laws favoring Christian-derived views of fetal life likely conflict with Free Exercise and Establishment Clause principles.
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