Mississippi "Personhood" Law Defeated

Sorry, lady. If your wacky law couldn't pass in Mississippi, I doubt
you're going to have luck anywhere else. Image from source,
Washington Times.

Well, well, well. Since the 2010 elections of heavy Republican majorities in many states, they've been governing with a heavy hand. Not on jobs--no, no--but on their pet projects like union-busting and abortion. Liberals can be heartened by tonight's elections. No, we didn't win every battle, but aside from the union-busting bill in Ohio being overturned, the ridiculous "Personhood" law was also voted down.

If you don't know, "Personhood" was going to be legally defined as life beginning at the moment of conception. Not implantation which is how it is usually understood. Would it have passed, it would have outlawed many types of birth control. It would've outlawed abortion in all cases, including rape, incest and life of the mother. And it would have potentially cast a shadow over miscarriages. . .did the mother cause it? Mostly, it disproves the notion that the GOP wants small government. 


[Excerpt]


Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ amendment fails in Mississippi

A constitutional amendment that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person failed on the ballot in Mississippi on Tuesday, dealing the so-called “personhood” movement another blow. . .

Read more at: Washington Post