How far are conservatives willing to go in their quest to exert ownership over fetuses? Extremely far, it turns out, with a push for a radical enforcement of Alabama’s chemical endangerment law that would mean people can be imprisoned for prenatal exposure to hazardous substances. Taking such a stance, history reveals, can result in a situation where a woman will seek an unwanted abortion to avoid prosecution.
This is the face of the ‘pro-life’ movement.