Ripple Effects: AZ’s Voter Pamphlet Will Refer to Baby as “Unborn Human Being” Rather Than “Fetus”, by Nancy Flory

By Nancy Flory, The Stream, August 21, 2024

Nancy Flory, Ph.D., is a senior editor at The Stream. You can follow her @NancyFlory3, and follow The Stream @Streamdotorg.

This November, Arizona voters will decide whether to add the “right” to an abortion to their state constitution. However, those voters may be surprised if they read the voter pamphlet.

Why? Because in describing the new laws and measures being proposed, the pamphlet will refer to the baby as an “unborn human being,” rather than “fetus,” the term abortions supporters prefer, thanks to an August 14 ruling from the Arizona Supreme Court.

“The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the pamphlet for voters can refer to a fetus as an ‘unborn human being’ because it is an unborn human being,” Arizona Right to Life Board Member Jill Norgaard told The Stream. … 

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