Mississippi Ballot iniitiative: redefines "personhood " as "from moment of fertilization"

[dixiegrrrrl]

The Supreme Court of Mississippi on Thursday ruled that an initiative seeking to redefine personhood can be placed on the November 2011 general election ballot.
The initiative, Measure 26 would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the word "person" or "persons" to include "every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof."

Personhood USA
http://www.personhoodusa.com/
praised the ruling , saying "Mississippians volunteered thousands of hours of their time to ensure that voters would have the right to vote on this prolife amendment."
( Their web site says they are active all 50 states)

Colorado voters struck down a similar ballot initiative in November 2010 that would have amended the state's constitution to extend rights to fetuses and would have effectively outlawed abortion.

Link to all above:

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2011/09/mississippi-high-court-upholds-election-to-define-personhood.php

[Greybnk48]

1. Since women routinely shed about 70% of fertilized eggs

each month during their period (if sexually active and not on B.C.), it looks like the funeral industry will be hopping! Will there be religious burial ceremonies in backyards involving feminine napkins and tampons with "dead People" stuck to them? What a bunch of fucking idiots.

FYI: Even Thomas Aquinas rejected this in the Medieval era based on meticulous research he had done with the development of the fetus.

[Shandris]

21. I think I'm going to press the Mississippi Attorney General...

...to begin a manhunt for the states inordinately large number of serial killers after this law passes. You know...the entire half of the population called 'women'?

Jesus Pogosticking Christ, these fuckers are stupid. :nuke:

[aquart]

2. So do you have to get a passport and ID for a potentially conceived human?

Does this mean an illegal woman can insist on staying in the country because she possibly contains an American citizen?

Seriously, this short-sighted crap has all sorts of potential.

[gratuitous]

6. Nevermind that

Can you claim the zygote as a dependent?

[JaneQPublic]

13. Good point.. There are implications for...

taxes, the census, how many tickets you need to buy to get into the movies...

Will every miscarriage require a coronor to rule on cause of death, with potential police involvement if the "death" is ruled suspicious?

Will everyone who was born prior to the law have to add 9 months to their age, with "Date of Birth" ages becoming obsolete?

[madmax]

14. Just when I think

these turds can possibly find anymore bullshit to fuck with - they surprise me. Seriously, wtf?

K & R

[kentauros]

22. Time to tie up their court system on all of those ideas,

and any others y'all can imagine. Put them on the defensive in legally justifying this idiocy. Snow them under enough and maybe they'll withdraw it, especially as unenforceable.

[LeftinOH]

3. Will ladies of Mississippi now have to surrender their used tampons & pads?

[Bryn]

4. At first I thought you were talking about the Corporate!

The Corporate is "personhood", right? Confusing, isn't it?

[Capitalocracy]

9. Yes, I wonder at what point a corporation is considered "fertilized" nt

[kentauros]

23. You know, this law could allow someone to challenge

the corporate "personhood", like on the grounds of abortion being legal in federal law ;)

Corporations are conceived/fertilized when they incorporate. Therefore, they can also be aborted, perhaps through charter revocation. We just have to figure out how to cause a corporate miscarriage }(

[angstlessk]

29. Well, they DO have business 'incubators'...so maybe? n/t

[11 Bravo]

5. Will all miscarriages now result in a criminal investigation?

[BlueIris]

8. Does anyone remember when they tried that crap in VA?

http://democracyforvirginia.typepad.com/democracy_for_virginia/2005/01/legislative_sen.html

[toddwv]

19. Short answer: Absolutely.

This is just the beginning. It gets MUCH MUCH worse if crap like this is allowed to go through.

[JoePhilly]

7. The fetus TAX BREAK is just around the corner.

[valerief]

10. So corporations would no longer be persons in MS? nt

[pansypoo53219]

11. even the bible doesn't say that.

are women considered persons yet?

[dembotoz]

12. sister in law had a number of misscarriges--is she now a serial killer?

if the clock starts ticking at moment of fetilization--
drivers license at 15 years 3 months

legal drinking at 20 years 3 months

get social security 9 months early.

i have a son who was early--how old is he.


Can you imagine the courts when this shit hits the fan?

"I wasn't underage when i was caught with the beer--i wan't my record cleaned, my money back and dammages"

[Mira]

15. Terrifying! Off to the Greatest to inform folks

[Sanity Claws]

16. So corporations can't be persons because they aren't fertilized?

[Dragonfli]

17. No, I think they believe Corporations are Immaculately conceived by god with no need for a womb.

They spring forth from a rich mans rib or something.

[Sanity Claws]

18. haha

thanks for making me laugh

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. Hmmmmm....interesting point. VERY.

[maxrandb]

20. Does this mean that a corporations life begins

at incorporation?

[Tom Ripley]

24. Is this a ploy by Mississippi to increase their numbers in the Electoral College?

[Quantess]

25. "This is the carpool lane. "

"Yes but, officer, I'm 5 weeks pregnant!"
O8)

[dixiegrrrrl]

27. Will airlines charge a woman for 2 tickets, just in case she might be pg???

Will there be a new check box on the census form for # of persons in a house?
Should I add one more just in case I might be pg on census day? Or if I AM 2 mos pg on census day?

What about those elevator signs that state how many people are legally allowed on at one time?

[ck4829]

28. Will they be able to claim their embryos as dependents on taxes?

[ashling]

30. How do you determine when a corporation is fertilized?

:shrug: