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Twenty House Republicans seek to use 14th Amendment to protect unborn

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Published June 16, 2023 7:00am ET
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Twenty House Republicans seek to use 14th Amendment to protect unborn
A new anti-abortion argument was proposed in the House last week by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) that use the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to argue that children in the womb deserve personhood status under the Constitution. H.Res. 464, introduced on June 5, flips the conventional pro-abortion invocation of the 14th Amendment on […]

A new anti-abortion argument was proposed in the House last week by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) that use the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to argue that children in the womb deserve personhood status under the Constitution.

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