Mississippi gov. supports amendment to declare fertilized egg a person

[CptStern]

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour offered his support Friday for an amendment to the state constitution that would define life as beginning at the moment of conception, saying he cast his absentee ballot for the measure despite struggling with its implications.

Initiative 26 would define personhood as "every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof."

Though the text of the amendment is simple, the implications if it passes couldn't be more complex. If approved by Mississippi voters on Tuesday, it would make it impossible to get an abortion and hamper the ability to get some forms of birth control.

wow how do normal americans put up with this sort of religious interference in law making? they're effectively remolding society to fit their religious POV and most rational americans let it happen. if a canadian politician came out in support of such a crazy amendment they'd be looking for a new job before the ink dried on the bill. it would be career suicide

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/us/mississippi-personhood-amendment/index.html

 

[Eejit]

Miscarriage = manslaughter.

 

[The Monkey]

Hang on... would this ban morning-after pills?

 

[Krynn72]

Hang on... would this ban morning-after pills?

Not for those with a license to kill.

 

[sixteenth]

Hang on... would this ban morning-after pills?

****!

 

[Bad^Hat]

I'll just leave this here.

 

[Raziaar]

Even if it passes, it's not going to last. It's at direct conflict with Roe V Wade.