Mississippi to ban abortion and some contraceptives.

A constitutional amendment facing voters in Mississippi on Nov. 8, and similar initiatives brewing in half a dozen other states including Florida and Ohio, would declare a fertilized human egg to be a legal person, effectively branding abortion and some forms of birth control as murder.

Cash said:
Would falling down a flight of stairs be involuntary manslaughter?

DeviantDissident said:
Virginia Board Of Health Passes Strictest Abortion Clinic Regulations In The Nation Virginia went the dirty underhanded path. Instead of outright banning abortions they just passed regulations that none of the clinics in the state can meet. When they go into effect next year it'll close down every clinic in Virginia.

Thistle said:

That is not how any other law that was eventually proven unconstitutional has worked, as far as I know.

Accuser said:

Thanks for pointing that out. I was going to post something about it, and now I don't have to. But I wanted to re-emphasize it, because I really don't think enough people realize this is going on.

Read up on the actual regulations. They're insane.

For instance, a clinic must have 5-foot-wide hallways, 8-foot-wide areas outside of procedure rooms, specific numbers of toilets and types of sinks and all of the latest requirements for air circulation flow and electrical wiring. Each clinic must also have a parking spot for every bed, despite the fact that first-trimester abortions don't require an overnight stay. Further, Department of Health employees will be allowed to enter an abortion facility at any time without notice or identification.

Thistle said:

How quickly would the injunction be put in place?

Cash said:
I'm listening to NPR right now and the bile & rage are rising. Universal healthcare is socialist....but banning abortion is American? Fuck you, Mississippi.

SIR – I was delighted to read your article about the effort in Mississippi to pass a state constitutional amendment to recognise embryos as people from the moment of fertilisation (“A person already?”, October 8th). My wife and I have been considering IVF to address our lack of success in conceiving a child. Mississippi’s proposed amendment gives us even more reason to pursue this treatment, and to move to Mississippi.

After the procedure we will insist on taking custody of any extra embryos that result from IVF—it is our right as parents after all. Once safely in our home we plan to keep them in a freezer in our basement and list them as child dependents for tax purposes, thus giving us a tax deduction. To protect the lives of our children in case of a power outage we will buy a backup generator. Anything less would be bad parenting.

Benjamin Iwai
St Louis, Missouri

Clidna said:
WOW. You know, we've got a pretty big country up here, guys... might be time to just leave the crazies behind to fend for themselves.

Sallen said:

That sounds nice enough, but we would be leaving behind a bunch of crazies in a country that has a stockpile of nuclear and conventional weapons. As much as I hate to admit it, I feel alot safer sticking it put here rather than leaving this place behind with the religious wackos in full control, and I think we can all agree no one wants that.

Sallen said:

That sounds nice enough, but we would be leaving behind a bunch of crazies in a country that has a stockpile of nuclear and conventional weapons. As much as I hate to admit it, I feel alot safer sticking it put here rather than leaving this place behind with the religious wackos in full control, and I think we can all agree no one wants that.