Last year Alabama passed HB494, a law that increased parental consent regulations for minors seeking abortions — in the case of minors who cannot obtain parental consent, the issue goes before the court. More famously, the new law allows the court to assign a public defender — a guardian ad litem — to represent the interests of the fetus. The law was swiftly lampooned on the national stage: the Daily Show ran a segment called the Unborn Ultimatum in which correspondent Jessica Williams interviewed Julian McPhillips, one of Alabama’s fetal defenders. She deadpans, “You get a call from a fetus seeking legal representation, then what happens?” Amid peals…
Last year Alabama passed HB494, a law that increased parental consent regulations for minors seeking abortions — in the case of minors who cannot obtain parental consent, the issue goes before the court. More famously, the new law allows the court to assign a public defender — a guardian ad litem — to represent the interests of the fetus.
The law was swiftly lampooned on the national stage: the Daily Show ran a segment called the Unborn Ultimatum in which correspondent Jessica Williams interviewed Julian McPhillips, one of Alabama’s fetal defenders. She deadpans, “You get a call from a fetus seeking legal representation, then what happens?” Amid peals of laughter, McPhillips explains that, of course, he cannot communicate with his client while it is housed in someone else’s womb. He chastises Williams for her theater of the absurd.
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