Who cares that the economy is fucked and that we’re fighting two wars - what’s important is protecting Blastocyst-Americans:
North Dakota appears intent on triggering another round of litigation in the hopes of overturning Roe v. Wade. North Dakota’s House of Representatives has voted 51-41 to declare that a fertilized egg has all the rights of any person. The vote would make abortion murder.
I think the cold up there numbs their brains.
Minot Republican Dan Ruby previously sponsored other bills banning abortion but they all failed. Strangely , Ruby argues that the bill is compatible with Roe v. Wade: “This is the exact language that’s required by Roe v. Wade. It stipulated that before a challenge can be made, we have to identify when life begins, and that’s what this does.” That is a pretty convenient reading of the case and its progeny of cases. It misses the repeated holdings that states cannot deny a woman the right to choose in such cases.
With Democrats in control, some activists may view this Supreme Court as the best they are going to get for some time. Before any further changes occur, they may want to try one more time to further narrow or outright overturn Roe.
I said it before and I’ll say it again - fence off Utah, put all the fundies in there, and let them stone all the sinners they want.
It must be the isolation. As a kid of the sticks, I can assure you that every successive inbred generation of pigs, goats, etc. is weaker and dumber than the one that preceded it.
Posted by: JollyRoger | February 19, 2009 at 10:37 PM
"fertilized egg has all the rights of any person." I can't remember if I've ever seen one shopping at the Mall with an over maxed credit card, but I'll be on alert. Maybe Octo-mom will move there and make omelets.
Posted by: mandt | February 20, 2009 at 07:02 AM
I'd be happier if women had the rights of any fertilized egg.
Posted by: Tata | February 20, 2009 at 04:48 PM
Y'all know that the white spot on that egg you're frying for breakfast indicates fertilization, right? Yes indeedy, you aren't eating eggs-you're eating CHICKENS!
Posted by: JollyRoger | February 21, 2009 at 03:18 PM
Having lived in NoDak as a child for five years, I will say it is the one of the most backward places I have personally seen.
Posted by: Mixter | February 22, 2009 at 10:06 AM
egg-zactly so
Posted by: mandt | February 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM