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GOP's Own LOGIC COLLAPSES as Arguments BACKFIRE

2026-04-02 Entertainment
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Professors William Carter and Greer Donley of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law join Court Accountability Action’s Alyssa Bowen to talk about their forthcoming paper, “An Originalist Critique of Fetal Personhood.” They discuss how even by the anti-abortion machine’s own “originalist” method of viewing the law, fetal personhood—the idea that the 14th Amendment protects fetuses from conception and would thereby prohibit abortion—does not withstand scrutiny. Court Accountability Action Linktree: https://linktr.ee/courtaccountability “An Originalist Critique of Fetal Personhood” https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6343018 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@AccidentalTouristx 2026-04-02

GOP logic always collapses when they step out of their bubble. When they step into the courtroom, are under oath, are not in front of the camera, cannot bully, cannot talk over the judge, and cannot lie they hit that brick wall called reality.

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@elizabethdonlan8600 2026-04-02

So, if a woman dies because of a medically non-viable pregnancy that she is forced to continue, will the infant be tried for manslaughter? Can the lawmakers forcing the continuation of such pregnancies be tried for conspiracy to commit murder since their part in it would be premeditated? No more extreme than trying women with miscarriage or stillbirth for murder. 🤷‍♀️

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@melissabennett3370 2026-04-02

Since so many states force women to carry and give birth to actual children why then are the laws not standing strong on the fathers of these children forcing them to help assist in the care and financial matters of these children or be held liable for child abuse or neglect?

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@Miapetdragon69 2026-04-02

If fetal personhood becomes a fact... Does the father have to start paying child support... When heartbeat is detected?

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@Miapetdragon69 2026-04-02

Does anyone else find this kind of ironic how they're trying to say that they have fetal personhood on the same day that they're trying to strike down birthright citizenship...wtf

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@jonathansteele8601 2026-04-02

Can a mother sue her baby before it’s born or after birth for damages?

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@LaurelAlcorn 2026-04-02

I'm sorry, but every time I hear the Robert's court, my mind switches it to robbers court...

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@696soulman 2026-04-02

There's is little else in jurisprudence that makes less sense than "Originalism" when even the self described Orginalist on SCOTUS still cannot agree as to how it should be interpreted. That is the height of subjectivity in itself so why not simply dispose of this crap for justices to hide behind.

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@JTSA1234 2026-04-02

The whole idea that abortion is murder is based on religion and that false premise.

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@Ova-The-Mad-Lady 2026-04-02

They are trying to give an undeveloped cell personhood! Something without a nervous system or a brain! I don't want my liver to have rights I'll no longer be allowed to eat bacon if it does!

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