A new executive order from President Trump, promoting the idea of personhood beginning at conception, has ignited concerns among reproductive rights advocates. The order, coupled with speeches from Speaker Mike Johnson, suggests a renewed push for stringent abortion restrictions by the Republican party.
People attending the annual March for Life rally watch a pre-tapped video recording of US President Donald Trump on the National Mall on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.he annual March for Life, which took place in Washington D.C. this past Friday, is the homing ground for some of the most zealous believers in the anti-abortion cause.
This wasn’t a shock to those of us who have fought for protecting reproductive rights for decades. But it was a major change from the past year. The implications of personhood are radical–ranging from eliminating in vitro fertilization to prosecuting miscarriages, to embryos being able to have standing in court. Perhaps most chilling, personhood would require that doctors weigh a fetus’ life as equal to the woman carrying it when making medical determinations.
For now, some legal experts warn against panic over the Trump order. Steven Vladek, professor of law at Georgetown and CNN legal analyst tells me that“the executive order reflects a clumsy effort to define what genders are, not when life begins.” The order, by itself, doesn’t do “anything to move the needle on that issue.” He added, though, that Trump’s order could be “an ominous sign that something similar may be coming down the pike with respect to life.
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