The City Council of Wilmington, Delaware voted 8-4 last week, passing a resolution requesting that the state and federal governments enact legislation declaring sperm equal in personhood as eggs. They’re not the first, and may not be the last.
March 14, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More
“Personhood” bills are like a game of Whac-A-Mole: every time you smack one down, another pops up somewhere else.
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Tanking GOP Presidential hopeful and Texas Governor Rick Perry, in a pathetic and cowardly attempt to shore up his religious conservative base in Iowa, has thrown women under the bus, declaring his opposition to abortions which save the lives of pregnant women.
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A member of Nebraska’s unicameral legislature is introducing two of the most radical anti-choice bills in the country, a personhood measure to give legal status to zygotes and a ‘heartbeat law’ that would also effectively ban abortion…
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It is remarkable to realize how, in just a few years and despite repeated losses, the "personhood" movement has gone from a fringe effort that had no support to a central part of the Republican presidential primary.
When the first personhood …
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After months of campaigning through prayer rallies and television, radio and even aerial advertisements, proponents of Ohio’s extreme anti-choice Heartbeat Bill finally inched the process forward this week as the Senate president Tom Niehaus and …
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Last month, the radical "personhood" amendment in Mississippi was trounced in the polls, with 58% of voters rejecting the Religious Right’s effort to implement draconian anti-choice restrictions in the state.
But that has not stopped supporte…
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The unexpectedly staggering defeat of the personhood amendment in Mississippi last month has not slowed down Personhood USA’s campaign to put stringent anti-choice laws on the ballot in states across the country. In fact, the group wants to put p…
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Along with pledging to have a third vote in Colorado and a second vote in Mississippi, Personhood USA is trying to put the extreme anti-choice measure on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Oregon. Now, you can add O…
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After winning just 27 percent of the vote in 2008, activists with Personhood USA’s state chapter Personhood Colorado were encouraged enough by their 29 percent showing last year to place a third personhood amendment on the state ballot in 2012. E…
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