Awesome Amendment to "Personhood": the "Spilled Semen" Clause
I posted this in GD but things move so quickly there I wanted to give you all an opportunity to chuckle and chortle with me.
I have been waiting for years for someone to propose this...Thank you State Senator Constance Johnson of Oklahoma for making my day...
"Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnson, a Democrat, has offered an amendment to the “personhood” bill pending in the state legislature. The pending bill, if passed, would declare that “the unborn child at every stage of development (has) all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of this state.”
Johnson writes that “the Personhood bill would potentially allow governmental intrusion into families’ personal lives by policing what happens to a woman’s eggs without any similar thought to what happens to a man’s sperm.” Her amendment reads:"
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/788681/awesome_amendment_to_%22personhood%22:_the_%22spilled_semen%22_clause/#paragraph4
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002306317
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Way to go, Senator Johnson!! 