Mississippi Rejects Personhood Amendment
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -v s- Tyranny The voters of Mississippi, a strong pro life state, have defeated the 'personhood' amendment. Given the amendment's extreme position the voters of this Bible Belt state acted wisely. The Washington Post - A constitutional amendment that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person failed on the ballot in Mississippi on Tuesday, dealing the so-called “personhood” movement another blow. Mississippi would have become the first state to define a fertilized egg as a person, a measure which was aimed at outlawing abortion in the state but, opponents contended, would have led to all kinds of unintended consequences. In the end, those concerns won out in a strongly anti-abortion state. The amendment trailed 59 percent to 41 percent with more than half of precincts reporting. More @ Los Angeles Times Via: Memeorandum