Personhood

John Celock

Sweeping Anti-Abortion Bill Could Face Vote Friday

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Abortion, Kansas Abortion, Video, Kansas Abortion Bill, Kansas Politics, Women's Health, Sam Brownback, Personhood, Sam Brownback Abortion, Anti-Abortion, Sam Brownback Kansas, Barbara Bollier, Sean-Gatewood, Mike-Slattery-Kansas, Politics News

Kansas lawmakers are gearing up for a possible fight over an abortion bill Friday, two days after the state Senate passed a bill allowing health-care ...

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Laura Bassett

Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Fetal Personhood Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Abortion, Video, Fetal Personhood, Fetal Personhood Bill, Personhood, Penn-State-Scandal, Oklahoma Personhood, Oklahoma Fetal Personhood Bill, Oklahoma Supreme Court, Oklahoma Abortion, Oklahoma Personhood Bill, Oklahoma Fetal Personhood, Politics News

The Oklahoma Supreme Court unanimously vetoed a ballot measure that would have given embryos full personhood rights on Monday, ruling it "clearly unco...

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The War on Women: Why We’re Fighting

Karen Teegarden | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Personhood Pledge, War on Women, Rush Limbaugh, Personhood, Medicaid, Women Live Longer Than Men, Politics News
Karen Teegarden

UniteWomen.org's is organizing nationwide protests, marches and rallies on Saturday, April 28 in cities and states across the country to let elected officials know we won't remain silent.

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Republican Propositions on Women's Reproductive Rights: A Move Toward Sharia Law?

Anisa Noormohamed | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Mississippi, Abortion Debate, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Personhood, Oklahoma, Islamic Countries, Sharia Law, Republicans, Politics News
Anisa Noormohamed

The issues surrounding the debate on abortion and reproductive rights seem to be the same across the globe, whether in Muslim countries or in America.

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Three Videos Everyone Should See Before Voting

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: RHReality Check, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, 14th Amendment, Personhood Pledge, Women's Rights, War on Women, Bei Bei Shuai, Reproductive Rights, Personhood, Amanda Kimbrough, Lynn Paltrow, Aclu, Zygote-Rights, The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), National Organization for Women, Right Rides for Women's Safety, American Association of University Women, Naral, Girls for Gender Equity, SPARK Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Health Technologies Project, Planned Parenthood, Laura Pemberton, Voces Latinas, National Women's Law Center, Trust Women, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice Human Rights, Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS), Melissa Rowland, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, Video, Politics News
Soraya Chemaly

"Personhood" for zygotes cruelly subverts the very idea of a culture of life and potentially criminalizes every pregnant woman. Are you really cool with that? Even if you personally would not chose an abortion?

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Super PACs, Virginia, and the Battle for the U.S. Senate

Don C. Reed | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Super Pac, U.S. Senate, Virginia, Republicans, Stem Cell Research, Democrats, Personhood, Politics News
Don C. Reed

We already have a Republican-controlled Supreme Court, and a radically conservative House of Representatives. The Senate is close to turning red, and a flood of super PAC cash could push it over the edge.

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The Case for Non-Human Personhood Rights

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: 14th Amendment, Killer Whales, Dolphins, Animal Rights, Primates, Cetaceans, Personhood, Corporate Personhood, Chimpanzees, Whales, Great Apes, 1st Amendment, Science News
Eric Michael Johnson

This is not as radical an idea as it may sound. The law is fully capable of making and unmaking "persons" in the strictly legal sense. But that would be unlikely to happen with whales, dolphins, or even great apes.

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Unborn in the USA

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Birth Control, Mississippi-Personhood, Virginia Personhood, Personhood, Women's Health, Oklahoma Personhood, Personhood Amendments, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

Given that the number of unborn is currently unknown, it could reach the trillions -- or gazillions -- and should all those unborn give their grateful loyalty upon birth (should it occur) to the religious far right, the Republican Party could overwhelm elections through eternity.

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Resolution Urges 'Personhood' Rights For Sperm

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women's Health Care, Video, War on Women, Sperm Personhood, Women's Health, Personhood, Loretta Walsh, Wilmington City Council, Personhood Bills, Wilmington, Egg Personhood, Politics News

The Wilmington City Council has a message for men -- sperm are people, too. The council for Delaware's largest city passed a resolution by an 8-4 v...

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"Adoption" Needs to Become a Buzz Word in the Social Lexicon of America

Steven Kurlander | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Virginia Legislature, Cnn, Foster Care, A&e, Madonna Adoption, Madonna, Personhood, Angelina Jolie, Cambodia, Mtv, Adoption, Angelina Jolie Adoption, Parents News
Steven Kurlander

Any adoptive mother or father will tell you that the memory of the first day they held, hugged and began bonding with their adopted child is the strongest remembrance of fulfillment in a lifetime.

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John Celock

Lawmakers Kill Controversial Personhood Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Abortion, Video, Virginia Abortion, Women's Health, Virginia Legislature, Reproductive Rights, Personhood, Virginia Personhood, Tommy Norment, Personhood Amendments, Personhood Amendment, Birth Control, Virginia Politics, Politics News

In an unexpected move, the Virginia Senate killed the state's personhood bill, a key victory for women's groups seeking to battle the current proposal...

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Disenfranchise a Gender? Virginians Fight Back Against Anti-Woman "Personhood" Legislation

Don C. Reed | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Bill Bolling, Abortion, Bob Mcdonnell, Bob Marshall, Virginia, Stem Cell Research, Personhood, DC News
Don C. Reed

Women are increasingly realizing there may be no place for them in the formerly Grand Old Party, except as second class citizens, their rights defined...

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Virginia Lawmaker Responds To SNL Skit Mocking Anti-Abortion Bills

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Abortion, Saturday Night Life Abortion, Video, Fetal Personhood, Personhood, Virginia Personhood, Bob Marshall Personhood Bill, Bob Marshall, Birth Control, Saturday Night Live, Virginia House of Delegates, Bob Marshall Virginia, Politics News

The sponsor of Virginia's "fetal personhood" bill and a supporter of controversial legislation that would force women to have a medically unnecessary ...

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Aspirin as the New Birth Control: The GOP War on Women Reaches New Lows

Marge Baker | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Abortion, War on Women, Pro-Choice, Domestic Violence, Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights, Foster Friess, Birth Control, Personhood, Health Care Reform, Women's Health, Contraception, Affordable Care Act, Foster Friess Contraception, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Marge Baker

The right is staging an all-out assault on women's rights while they have control of the majority of state legislatures, the House and a determined minority in the Senate. The GOP's presidential candidates are promising to join it if they get elected. We can't let them succeed.

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Republicans With Power: Virginia Personhood Laws a Preview of GOP Presidency?

Don C. Reed | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Romney, Virginia, Republicans, Santorum, Paul, Democrats, Gingrich, Personhood, DC News
Don C. Reed

If personhood laws are put into effect, government would literally have the authority to control the reproductive life of every citizen. Were not Republicans supposed to be in favor of individual liberty? Why then would they want to remove our right to use birth control?

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Virginia: Right to Bear Arms, Duty to Bear Children

Tamar Abrams | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Abortion, Virginia, Contraceptives, Governor-Mcdonnell, Fetuses, Personhood, Death Penalty, Guns, Women's Rights, Virginia Ultrasound Bill, Ultrasound, Virginia Guns, Women's Health, Virginia Personhood, Gun Control, Politics News
Tamar Abrams

What do you call a state whose legislature in one month advances laws allowing unlimited purchases of handguns, declares the rights of personhood from the moment a sperm and egg unite and forces women seeking abortions to have an invasive, unnecessary medical procedure?

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The Republican War on Women: Invading the Vagina in Virginia

Tobias Barrington Wolff | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Virginia, War on Women, Ultrasound, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Health, Anti-Abortion, Contraception, Republican Party, Republicans, Virginia Ultrasound Bill, Personhood, Personhood Amendments, Politics News
Tobias Barrington Wolff

Every person who has a body should view this law as a direct assault. So, too, should every person who believes that women are human beings.

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Laura Bassett

Personhood Bill Resembling Failed Mississippi Measure Advances In Virginia House

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Video, Fetal Personhood, Tim Kaine, George Allen Abortion, Tim Kaine Personhood, Tim Kaine Abortion, Personhood, Virginia Personhood, Virginia Personhood Bill, George Allen Personhood, Personhood Amendment, George Allen, Personhood Bill, Politics News

The GOP-controlled Virginia House of Delegates Monday advanced a "fetal personhood" bill that would give legal rights to a human fertilized egg and a ...

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Yesterday I Was Just a Sperm Cell. Now I'm a Person!

John Blumenthal | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Fallopian Highway, Supreme Court, Emily, Ovum, Prostate, Gonads, Sperm Cells, Vincent, Exxon-Mobil, President Santorum, Embryo, Republicans, Pro-Lifers, Citicorp, Humor, Satire, Personhood, Personhood Amendments, Comedy, Comedy News
John Blumenthal

Since the pro-lifers came up with this awesome personhood idea, I've been dating an ovum named Emily. She's a babe. Obviously, we can't have sex because that would form an embryo, which is a no-no, but we can do... um... everything else.

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What Bid Do I Hear for the Life of That Thar Whale?

Carl Safina | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Tradeable Shares, Christopher Costello, Anti-Whaling, Iceland, Catch Shares, Nature Magazine, Norway, Whale Hunting, Japan, International Whaling Commission, Whaling, Hunting, Steve Gaines, Leah Gerber, Personhood, Ban on Whaling, Fisheries, University of California Santa Barbara, Whale, Hal Whitehead, Brandon Keim, Green News
Carl Safina

Want to just solve the problem? They estimate that whaling makes about $31 million in profits. Anti-whaling spends $25 million. If the anti-whaling money directly paid whalers not to hunt -- problem solved.

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I'm Watching

Julianne Moore | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Women's Rights, Reproductive Rights, Personhood, Reproductive Health, Birth Control, Personhood Laws, Election 2012, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Women News
Julianne Moore

This year, in this election, I am committing to watching even more vigilantly. I truly can't imagine a more important election for us to make our voices heard.

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Since When Are Persons Supposed to Be Above the Law and Paying Taxes?

Patrick Geans-Ali | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Corporate Personhood, Personhood Amendments, Detroit Schools, Michigan Governor, Rick Snyder, Personhood, Detroit Incinerator, Detroit Incinerator Tax Credits, Detroit News
Patrick Geans-Ali

If you believe citizens should pay taxes, so should businesses. If citizens should obey the laws, so should corporations. If no person is above the law, then no business should be above the law either.

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Are Iowa's Republican Frontrunners Taking Cues from Sharia Law?

Keli Goff | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Gop 2012, GOP Candidates, Gop Primary 2012, Personhood Pledge, Rick Perry Abortion, Romney Abortion, GOP 2012 Abortion, Perry Abortion, Mitt Romney Abortion, Republican Candidates Abortion, Personhood, 2012 Republicans Abortion, 2012 GOP Abortion, Politics News
Keli Goff

I'm at a loss to see any real difference between the manner in which Sharia law penalizes women who are raped and the efforts of Perry and his Personhood cohorts to penalize American rape survivors with a nonconsensual pregnancy.

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Mitt Romney's $10,000 Question on Choice

Nancy Keenan | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Abortion Forum, Abortion, Iowa, H.R. 3, Mississippi-Personhood, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Initiative 26, Des Moines, Newt Gingrich, Title X Family Planning, Rick Perry, H.R. 358, Republican Primary, Michele Bachmann, War on Women, Mike Huckabee, Personhood, Iowa Caucuses, Title X, Politics News
Nancy Keenan

Given Romney's swift embrace of extreme anti-choice policies, reporters and voters likely have some questions for him -- even though he decided against attending Huckabee's upcoming forum on abortion.

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Memo to David Axelrod From Women in Swing States

Toni Panetta | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Personhood, Health Care Reform, Mitt Romney, Catholic Bishops, Newt Gingrich, Obamacare, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Politics News
Toni Panetta

Between anticipated wins in solid Democratic states and the toss-ups, the electoral math adds up to more than 300 votes for a pro-choice, anti-personhood Obama over a generic Republican who supports banning all abortion and the most common forms of birth control.

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