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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: How bad is the Ryan-Akin anti-abortion bill?
The national battle over Todd Akins comments about legitimate rape has shed light on a personhood bill, co-sponsored by Akin and Paul Ryan, called the Sanctity of Life Act. Much of the chatter today has focused on whether Ryan opposes abortion in cases of rape. The Romney campaign confirmed today that Ryan does personally oppose it, while clarifying that a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose it.
But what about the other legal implications of the bill Ryan and Akin co-sponsored? In an interview just now, Dem Rep. Louise Slaughter, one of the leading pro-choice voices in Congress, raised two startling possibilities.
One of the questions around this legislation is, Could a rapist who impregnated a victim sue that victim if she decided not to carry that baby and to have an abortion? Slaughter said. Another question: Could in vitro fertilization be outlawed?
Its unclear how this legislation would work. The bill affirms that from the moment of fertilization onward, every human being shall have all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood. It then says that Congress and the states have the authority to protect all human beings again, defined as human life from fertilization onward residing in their juristictions.
But what about the other legal implications of the bill Ryan and Akin co-sponsored? In an interview just now, Dem Rep. Louise Slaughter, one of the leading pro-choice voices in Congress, raised two startling possibilities.
One of the questions around this legislation is, Could a rapist who impregnated a victim sue that victim if she decided not to carry that baby and to have an abortion? Slaughter said. Another question: Could in vitro fertilization be outlawed?
Its unclear how this legislation would work. The bill affirms that from the moment of fertilization onward, every human being shall have all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood. It then says that Congress and the states have the authority to protect all human beings again, defined as human life from fertilization onward residing in their juristictions.
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WaPo: How bad is the Ryan-Akin anti-abortion bill? (Original Post)
spanone
Aug 2012
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malaise
(268,949 posts)1. To be kind, ReTHUGs have been
hoisted with their own petard. I'm lovin' it.
spanone
(135,827 posts)2. unbelievable....ain't it?
malaise
(268,949 posts)3. It had to happen
Their party is full of women hating right wing lunatics