After Dobbs, Are Rights for Zygotes, Embryos, and Fetuses Next?

Cynthia Soohoo writes for the CUNY Law Review: “Together, Roe and Casey placed important limits on state power. By stripping away constitutional protection for abortion and erasing the viability line, Dobbs v. Jackson resets the constitutional balance between pregnant people and the claims that the state can make on their bodies on behalf of prenatal life. In doing so, it opens the door for zygotes, embryos, and fetuses to gain rights even as pregnant people lose them.”