I post this piece in full because I want you to experience the shrill bias inherent in the AmeriKan MSM regarding this issue, because they are so pro-abortion and anti-life it really explains why women would see this as a "right." The brainwashing on this issue is phenomanal.
As for me, I've made my position clear on this issue: My Abortion Evolution
And here is a question: How come the AmeriKan MSM is so fierce about a woman's "right to choose," but can hardly lift a butt cheek to pffft over the ILLEGAL SPYING and TORTURE of this administration that puts ALL OF OUR RIGHTS at risk??
But no selective agenda pushing going on, huh?
Oh, one more thing, I also post this item because I love to shove life into the culture of death's face at every opportunity.
"Colo. faces vote on 'when life begins; Critics contend initiative aimed at abortions" by Ashley Surdin, Washington Post | July 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES - A proposal to define a fertilized human egg as a person will land on Colorado's ballot this November, marking the first time that the question of when life begins will go before voters anywhere in the nation.
The Human Life Amendment, also known as the personhood amendment, says the words "person" or "persons" in the state constitution should "include any human being from the moment of fertilization."
If voters agreed, legal analysts say, it would give fertilized eggs the same legal rights and protections to which people are entitled. It is not clear yet how much public support the ballot initiative has.
The measure is funded by Colorado for Equal Rights, a grass-roots antiabortion organization. Its purpose, initiative sponsor Kristi Burton said, is to lay a legal and legislative basis for protecting the unborn. Its passage would also open the door to modifying other laws for the same purpose, she said.
As to what laws could then be modified, Burton would not elaborate.
"We try not to focus on some of the issues that will be taken care of later on," she said, repeatedly saying that the amendment is not aimed at outlawing abortion.
But that is the objective, according to one of the measure's biggest supporters, Colorado Right to Life. "The goal is to restore legal protection to preborn babies from the moment they are conceived, which is the only way we're going to stop abortion," said Leslie Hanks, vice president of the group.
Critics say the aim is not just to outlaw abortion in Colorado but ultimately to overturn Roe v. Wade by igniting a court battle that would bring the issue to the US Supreme Court, where, proponents of the measure hope, a conservative majority would strike down the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
And the amendment carries broader implications, critics say, such as limiting medical research involving embryos, inviting intrusive government oversight of pregnancies, and banning certain contraception, including the morning-after pill and the intrauterine device.
"If we give fertilized eggs legal rights, abortion could be considered murder and a woman could be sent to jail for making the difficult life decision to terminate a pregnancy," said Crystal Clinkenbeard, spokeswoman for Protect Families, Protect Choice, a coalition of medical professionals, community groups, and religious leaders who oppose the amendment.
Yup, FEAR, FEAR, FEAR!!!!
That DOESN'T HELP the CAUSE, ladies, when you CRY WOLF!!!!
The measure also could expand the reach of the law into other arenas, legal specialists say. For instance, if a woman miscarries, she could be held responsible if it were found she caused it, even unintentionally.
The amendment also calls into question pregnant women's medical access, said Scott Moss, a professor at the University of Colorado Law School.
"If a pregnant woman is really two people with exactly equal rights, then it is not clear the pregnant woman can undergo any medical treatment that jeopardizes a fertilized egg," he said, adding that the amendment would generate a flood of litigation.
Colorado is the first state to succeed in putting this particular question to voters, but several others have tried to recognize fertilized eggs as persons through ballot initiatives or legislation.--MORE--"
Did you get all that FEAR-MONGERING and BIAS in before puking up your breakfast bowl of shit, America?
Also see: The Role of Feminism in the New World Order
