![]() But once personhood is recognized, you have a container in which to begin dripping rights. A thing, by definition, cannot have a right. In and of itself, it does not mean anything, it is just a container. “It is useful to think of personhood as a cup,” says NhRP executive director, attorney Kevin Schneider: These days, if you are not a human or legal entity, you’re a thing. The law divides everything into two legal categories–person or thing. Non-human entities like corporations are legal persons, and for a long time, many humans didn’t qualify as persons. ![]() According to the law, person has never been synonymous with human. When we hear the word person or personhood it’s natural to think human being.
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