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Article Source: Talking Points Memo
Resolution 61 would “provide that the right to life is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person; to provide that the world ‘person’ applies to all human beings from conception to natural death.”
Personhood bills effectively outlaw abortion, and, depending on the language, make illegal certain types of birth control and even in vitro fertilization.
In a Facebook posting, Les Riley, the head of Personhood Mississippi, called for supporters to act on behalf of the legislation in response to a Planned Parenthood press release in opposition to it. Riley wondered: "Do they have more enthusiasm to protect death than we do to protect life?"
The Oklahoma Senate passed a measure last week that also defines life as beginning at conception, as did the Virginia House.
This would be the Santorum America. These zealots are encouraged from the pulpits. Why are we no longer secular?
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