Meanwhile, the midwives alleged that it was REAL Women, and not the government, that primarily saw the fetus as a person and drove the issue. The majority of the Supreme Court replied the Crown pursued the issue with its own belief that if a fetus is not a component of its mother's body, it must be a person.
Midwives asserted that REAL Women, not the government, were primarily responsible for recognizing the fetus as a person and driving the issue forward. The Supreme Court countered by stating that the Crown pursued the matter based on its belief that if a fetus is not part of its mother's body, it must be considered a person.