Two Human Bodies, Both With Unalienable Rights, by Rita Joseph

Christmas is a good time to think about pregnant moms and their little ones in the womb.

In every pregnancy, there are two human beings. One larger, older, pregnant and for nine months extra vulnerable: the other much smaller, newer, very young, and for that nine months utterly defenseless.

Third, the Constitution has always recognized the right of all human beings to be treated as “persons” — never as property.

Both are unique, lively human beings. Both share unalienable human rights that don’t depend on size or age or how they look or how we rate them. Both deserve benign health care. …