Re: Voters Decide When Life Begins
Posted by:
WashingToneLocian
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Date: July 13, 2008 11:55AM
Tropical Dreamer Wrote:
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> This November Colorado voters will decide if life
> at fertilization. Hopefully if voters agree it
> would give the fertilized egg the same rights and
> protections to which people are entitled.
>
> The implication is that birth control techniques
> such as the IUD and the morning after pill (and
> other oral contraception that might flush out a
> fertilized egg) will be banned.
>
> Today Colorada...tomorrow Virginia.
>
> Read the full article in Today's Washington Post
> page A4.
Well, if Roe V. Wade really is precedent, as even Roberts and Alito contend, the Supreme Court will find itself in what heck of a predicament should this get passed and be challenged. Roe V. Wade makes it pretty clear that the first trimester is off limits for this kind of law. We shall see.