Under Ten Eyes
7 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2020 Last revised: 3 May 2022
Date Written: February 17, 2020
Abstract
This essay is a response to Carliss Chatman’s "If a Fetus is a Person, It Should get Child Support, Due Process and Citizenship." The essay examines the social movement underpinnings of constitutional law. It proffers that recent hardball efforts by anti-abortion legislators and litigators as described in Chatman's work should be understood in a broader context of a power struggle between social conservatives and a growing, diverse coalition of liberals in the American electorate.
Keywords: Abortion, Fetal Personhood, Social Movements, Constitutional Law, Supreme Court
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