What these bills say is that a person is a person, no matter how small. The bills are unquestionably intended to strengthen the rights of the fetus and weaken the mother’s choice, in case she should choose to have an abortion.
Policy both determines what we value and is a reflection of what we value. Comparing the hypocrisy of extensive financial aid granted to women seeking to avoid childbirth to the limited taxpayer-funded support for those women who are now, later in life, struggling to give birth, demonstrates our misplaced values and ignored incentives.