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A Missouri agency tried to classify a fetus as an employee, raising concerns about personhood laws

Bram Sable-Smith

When a woman and her unborn son were killed in the course of her Missouri Department of Transportation job, her family sued for wrongful death — but the department argued they're shielded from liability becauseher fetus counts as an employee.