A Person Among Us
by La Shawn on October 20, 2009
in Child Killing
lashawnbarber.com
"I’ve always said technology was on the side of unborn babies, more than mere clumps of cells or globs of tissue. These tiny souls have heartbeats and reflexes, including reactions to pain.
For these and many other reasons, I take what the “pro-choice” consider an extreme position. No matter how the baby was conceived or the financial or emotional state of the mother, unborn life should be protected. Period.
Pro-life voters are pushing for personhood bills and amendments, which would declare that a fertilized egg is a person under the law. Implications are far-reaching, as you might expect. Such laws would impact birth control (which may thwart implantation of a fertilized egg), in vitro fertilization, and abortion itself. If a fertilized egg is legally declared a person, then destroying the fertilized egg, regardless of its stage of development, would be illegal.
No personhood measure passed in the last election, but pro-life voters aren’t giving up. Michigan joins Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, and Montana in the effort to place personhood measures on state ballots. (Source)
A pro-life Democrat, Rep. Jim Slezack, is a leading sponsor of the Michigan amendment. The measure reads:
“Every human person has a right to life, which is the paramount and most fundamental right guaranteed under the constitution and laws of this state…With respect to the fundamental and inalienable right to life, the word ‘person’ applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, race, gender, health, function, condition of dependency, including physical or mental dependency, or method of reproduction, from the beginning of biological development, including fertilization.”
Yes, pro-life Democrats exist. I had the pleasure of meeting and discussing this issue with pro-life Democrat and FOX News analyst Kirsten Powers. We also talked about it on Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air." |
