Fetal Tissue

The legal concept of fetal personhood dates back to before Roe v. Wade, but since the fall of Roe the legal argument that fetuses, embryos and even frozen fertilized human eggs have the same rights as a person is growing— and at the cost of the rights of women.

A federal judge recently blocked a Texas law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal tissue resulting from an abortion or miscarriage.Jonathan Saenz,…

The Center for Reproductive Rights announced it is filing a federal lawsuit today against the State of Texas over a rule set to go into effect Dec. 19....

A new state mandate demands burials for fetal tissue is soon to take effect – but the Texas Medical Association says it’s in the dark about the…

*Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.Despite intense outcry from the medical community and reproductive rights advocates, Texas isn't…

Even though no clinics in Texas collect fetal tissue during an abortion to donate to research groups and medical schools, it hasn’t stopped state…

This week on Fronteras: · A look at the moral issues raised when women donate tissue for medical research after having abortions.· How fetal tissue…