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AINN reporters discuss personhood, Va. could become first state to define life at conception
On Tuesday, the Virginia House passed a bill that would declare unborn fetuses people, thus banning abortion — and potentially certain forms of contraception or fertility methods — upon the overturning of any U.S. Supreme Court precedent protecting a woman’s constitutional right to privacy. This positions Virginia — which now has a Republican super-majority — to become the first state to enact a fetal personhood measure, which supporters hope will lead the Supreme Court to revisit the constitutionality of abortion rights. More …
Virginia House passes ‘fetal personhood’ legislation
Family Research Council backs ‘personhood’ amendment in Florida
Abortion foes to try to pass ‘personhood’ bill through Mississippi Legislature after failure in ballot box
DNC launches campaign against GOP-led voter-restriction laws
‘Personhood’ bill introduced in Virginia
Undaunted by the failure of similar initiatives across the country, Virginia legislator Bob Marshall has introduced More… a bill that would define life as beginning at the moment of conception.