Paul Ryan Signs On As Co-Sponsor Of New ‘Fetal Personhood’ Bill

[Purveyor]

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), erstwhile vice presidential candidate in the failed presidential run of former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), has signed on as cosponsor in a draconian new bill aimed at curtailing women’s reproductive freedoms. According to Huffington Post, in spite of the defeat of so-called “fetal personhood” laws in 2012, Ryan and his colleagues are forging ahead with a new measure that classifies all embryonic tissue as a human life from the moment of fertilization.

Ryan and Georgia Congressman Rep. Paul Broun — who gained notoriety in 2011 when video surfaced of him calling scientific facts “lies from the pit of Hell” — cosponsored the bill, which is called the Sanctity of Human Life Act. Broun first introduced the measure in 2011, but Ryan re-introduced it on the Hill last week.

The measure specifies that a “one-cell human embryo,” even before it has implanted itself in the uterine wall and resulted in a pregnancy, should be granted “all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood.”

According to the ACLU, voters have rejected fetal personhood legislation in droves. A measure trying to establish the citizenship rights of fertilized eggs was voted down by a margin of 16 points in Mississippi, one of the most conservative states in the nation. Petitions to get fetal personhood measures on the ballot in Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Arkansas, Florida and California all failed to receive enough signatures to qualify.

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[tblue]

1. He's still there, eh? Wait, I thought he wanted SMALLER GOV'T.

Ick. What a clod. Insensitive neanderthal with a widow's peak.

[Old and In the Way]

2. More proof that this man is an idiot and unqualified to be representing his State.

The unintended consequences of such a law would totally destroy this country. Luckily, the bill is so boneaching stupid, I think it will be laughed off the floor of Congress.

[Terra Alta]

3. so these fools believe personhood starts at conception?

Why the hell do we celebrate birthdays then? Why don't we celebrate conception days?

Are we all 40 weeks older than our driver's license and birth certificate say we are?

I doubt this joke of a bill will even make it past the House, and if it does it will die in the Senate. A fucking zygote/blastocyst/embryo/fetus is NOT a person.

[socialindependocrat]

4. Keep religious beliefs out of government...

No religious beliefs should be saddled on the backs of individuals
by creating laws

If I had wanted to follow the edcts of the Catholic church I would have joined the Catholic church! (or any other conservative denomination)

Lyan Ryan is playing a game called "The Crusades" where he can
run around and force others to comply to HIS religious beliefs.

I'm tired of these right wing nuts thinking they can impose their beliefs on the rest of society. (Palin, Ryan and all the rest....)

[dkf]

5. Is this something that could be done through executive order?

God forbid Ryan wins the Presidency, what powers would he have to implement a definition of personhood?

[Angry Dragon]

6. Do they realize that it would then be classifies as a dependent??

That someone should not have to carry around someone inside of them
or if that is okay then males would be subject to the same rules ........
Implant men with fetuses and see how far the bill goes






OH, did I say how insane Lyan Ryan is??


Where are the job bills??

Is the House working on any deficit bills??

[PeaceNikki]

7. every sperm is sacred!!