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| Permalink View Article Stats (1 comment) Mississippi Democrats Won't Stand Up Against Radical "Personhood' Measure That Could Criminalize Birth Control Quicklink submitted by Amanda Lang (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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 Members of the medical and legal communities have raised concerns that the amendment could have unforeseen, far-reaching implications for women’s health, such as banning certain kinds of birth control, in vitro fertilization and stem cell research. by ThinkProgress |
As ThinkProgress has been reporting, Personhood USA and its affiliates in the states are fringe anti-abortion groups that are determined to redefine life as beginning at the moment of fertilization, effectively outlawing contraceptives like birth control pills. Personhood Mississippi has succeeded in getting a 'personhood' amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot that will allow voters to change the state's constitution to say life begins at the moment of fertilization. Yet Missisissippi Democrats are too afraid of challenging the anti-abortion lobby in a conservative state to stand up against Republicans to fight the measure. Laura Bassett reports in the Huffington Post that many are asking 'where are the Democrats' in this debate: [Just what Mississippi needs...more individuals born into poverty. Try as they may, they can't stop people from having sex.] |
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Tragic abuse of women's rights
by Amanda Lang on Friday, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:22:35 PM