Fetuses Deserve Protection Commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green says that for her, personhood begins at conception---and therefore deserves protection from violence. This week on ATC we're airing a variety of perspectives on the question of when life begins---Matthewes-Green says we must recognize life from the start and make abortion, at any stage, equal to murder.

Fetuses Deserve Protection

January 21, 199812:00 AM ET

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Fetuses Deserve Protection

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Commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green says that for her, personhood begins at conception—-and therefore deserves protection from violence. This week on ATC we're airing a variety of perspectives on the question of when life begins—-Matthewes-Green says we must recognize life from the start and make abortion, at any stage, equal to murder.