#reproductive-rights

#reproductive-rights

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The lawsuit challenges a Michigan law that overrides patients' advance medical directives if they're pregnant; advance directives are legal documents that spell out people's choices for end-of-life medical care. But Michigan is one state of many states that restricts people's rights if they're pregnant, meaning hospitals can force unwanted medical interventions like life support in order to protect potential fetal life. These laws are fundamentally fetal personhood statutes, giving legal rights to embryos and fetuses that supplant the rights of the person gestating them.