The Path Before Us, with Matthew Lee Anderson

The Path Before Us, with Matthew Lee Anderson

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#665: Mary Ziegler's *Personhood*

#665: Mary Ziegler's *Personhood*

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Jun 18, 2025
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#665: Mary Ziegler's *Personhood*
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It’s commonplace in some liberal circles to treat pro-lifers’ commitment to embryonic personhood as a superficial rationalization for our real aims, namely, the subjugation and oppression of women and their sexuality. Mary Ziegler’s new history of the movement thankfully puts to rest that canard. Personhood explores many of the arguments pro-lifers have…

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