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The Personhood Movement
"Those state laws do not imply what you would like them to imply."
Where it came from and where it stands today.
1973
U.S. Supreme Court decides Roe v. Wade .. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=410&invol=113 , making abortion legal in all 50 states. But in his majority opinion, Justice Harry Blackmun notes, “If this suggestion of personhood is established, [Roe’s] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.” A week later, a Maryland congressman proposes .. https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/261 .. a Human Life Amendment — the first of more than 330 versions proposed or introduced over the next four decades.
1980
The election of Ronald Reagan and a GOP Senate with many new pro-life members raises hopes among abortion opponents for passage of a constitutional amendment.
1983
The Senate holds its first — and only — floor vote on a Human Life Amendment. The measure fails by a wide margin, and personhood proponents shift to a strategy of changing laws at the state level.
1986
Minnesota becomes the first state .. http://www.nrlc.org/federal/unbornvictims/statehomicidelaws092302/ .. to pass a “fetal homicide” law, followed quickly by North Dakota. By 2014, 38 states .. http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/fetal-homicide-state-laws.aspx .. have similar statutes.
A pro-life license plate on a car in Montgomery, Ala. (William Widmer, special to ProPublica)
1989
A Florida mother named Jennifer Johnson becomes the first known American woman to be convicted of delivering drugs to her baby through the umbilical cord. The conviction, obtained under a statute meant for drug traffickers, is later unanimously overturned.
More - https://www.propublica.org/article/the-personhood-movement-timeline
Who needs common sense, science or empathy when it's so easy to put your beliefs into your God's mouth.
"Those state laws do not imply what you would like them to imply."
Where it came from and where it stands today.
1973
U.S. Supreme Court decides Roe v. Wade .. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=410&invol=113 , making abortion legal in all 50 states. But in his majority opinion, Justice Harry Blackmun notes, “If this suggestion of personhood is established, [Roe’s] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.” A week later, a Maryland congressman proposes .. https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/261 .. a Human Life Amendment — the first of more than 330 versions proposed or introduced over the next four decades.
1980
The election of Ronald Reagan and a GOP Senate with many new pro-life members raises hopes among abortion opponents for passage of a constitutional amendment.
1983
The Senate holds its first — and only — floor vote on a Human Life Amendment. The measure fails by a wide margin, and personhood proponents shift to a strategy of changing laws at the state level.
1986
Minnesota becomes the first state .. http://www.nrlc.org/federal/unbornvictims/statehomicidelaws092302/ .. to pass a “fetal homicide” law, followed quickly by North Dakota. By 2014, 38 states .. http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/fetal-homicide-state-laws.aspx .. have similar statutes.
A pro-life license plate on a car in Montgomery, Ala. (William Widmer, special to ProPublica)
1989
A Florida mother named Jennifer Johnson becomes the first known American woman to be convicted of delivering drugs to her baby through the umbilical cord. The conviction, obtained under a statute meant for drug traffickers, is later unanimously overturned.
More - https://www.propublica.org/article/the-personhood-movement-timeline
Who needs common sense, science or empathy when it's so easy to put your beliefs into your God's mouth.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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