egg-as-person
By Joseph Boven, Colorado Independent October 29, 2009 - 6:00am
A new version of the anti-choice initiative soundly defeated by Colorado voters in 2008 is making its way to the 2010 ballot. The intention? To grant cells the full spectrum of citizen rights.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor September 25, 2009 - 9:35am
Lawmakers in the Dominican Republic gave their final approval last week to a "pro-life constitutional change" stating that “the right to life is inviolable from conception until death.” Anti-choice groups unhappy with selection of Kirk to replace Kennedy.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor September 24, 2009 - 9:21am
During the stimulus debate, male commentators and policymakers from Chris Matthews to John Boehner ridiculed the notion that family planning had anything to do with real issues, like say, the economy. A new Guttmacher study suggests they should be eating their words. Meanwhile, a new "egg-as-person" referendum goes to petition stage in Florida.
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Florida is the new battlefield of the so-called personhood movement and anti-choicers are trying to convince voters there’s little people lurking inside your neighbor’s ladyparts.
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By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check September 16, 2009 - 7:00am
The so-called "personhood" movement promoting constitutional rights for fertilized eggs got a fresh shot in the arm in recent days with ballot initiatives gearing up in Florida and renewing efforts in Colorado and Montana. And a host of familiar nationally-known and emerging local activists from hard line anti-abortion groups are leading the new charge to ban abortion, contraception, and other comprehensive reproductive health care.
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In just five short years, the primary movers and shakers in the absolutist anti-abortion/anti-choice movement seeking to promote the “personhood” of zygotes (the single cell that forms after a sperm fertilizes an egg) have amassed nearly $58 million in tax-deductible contributions for their cause. A special investigative report by Wendy Norris for RH Reality Check.
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By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) August 5, 2009 - 7:00am
Organizations committed to advancing a true culture of life, one that values the women who give that life, should join us in opposing Anti-Abortion "Personhood" Measures.
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With the legislative year well underway, laws to establish fetal personhood, mandating medically accurate sex ed, and treating partners for STIs are on the move.
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Last week, North Dakota's Senate defeated legislation that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person. Perhaps most surprising was not that the legislation was defeated but how it was defeated.
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