[jocon307]

"If so, the pro-life activists should be all over this one."

Yes, an interesting aside, not really fully explained in this article.

[VOA]

I'm not a lawyer or an expert on pro-life issues... but I wonder if Barbara Boxer had been in the courtroom if she'd have stayed consistent. And jumped to her feet to protest that "hey, that's a mass of cells...
not a person or a US citizen, Your Honor!"