10 Things Besides Zygotes That Should Also Be Declared ‘Persons’

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10 Things Besides Zygotes That Should Also Be Declared ‘Persons’
Today, Mississippi's voters weigh in on Initiative 26, the "Personhood" Amendment. If enacted, it will declare that a zygote is a "person" from the moment of fertilization and that all forms of abortion are illegal. In addition, some birth control and IVF practices will be outlawed...

What else, besides featureless clusters of cells, deserves the same protection as grown ass humans? More »

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[dtexdem]

1. Well, I agree with dogs that weigh more than 60 pounds.

Like my pretty little puppy: a 70-pound chowski. She looks like a husky with chow coloration. Obviously a person. ;-)

[Old and In the Way]

2. Next up: bedroom monitors and mandatory pregnancy testing

Because you can't protect zygote-citizens if you can't see them. Conservatives love their Big Brother government.

[tridim]

3. Since corporations are already "persons"..

How about office supplies, stock option certificates, TPS reports, company cars, water coolers, coffee, spoiled food in the break-room fridge. All "Persons".

[Warpy]

4. The one thing they will never declare to be human with all human rights

is an adult female human being.

They'd rather claim anything else is human, from fertilized eggs to cartels of businessmen known as corporations.

[hifiguy]

5. Ain't that the truth. nt

[RC]

6. Excellent!

And it almost will fit on a bumper sticker too.

The one thing they will never declare to be human
with all human rights
is an adult female human being