In excellent news, yesterday Mississippi soundly voted down initiative 26, the Personhood Amendment. Finally! A victory in one battle in the war on women.
The idea that a zygote should have the same rights in the courts as a living, breathing, human being was crazy, especially with all the additional implications, such as making IVF and contraception illegal, and making it illegal to abort an ectopic pregnancy - the outcome of which is almost assuredly death for the mother if not terminated. (In an interesting twist, the author of the initiative was himself a beneficiary of IVF. His response to everyone else? The Mississippi equivalent of "tough shit for you!")
However, at the same time, Mississippi approved Initiative 27, the Voter ID law, requiring voters to have a government issued photo ID in order to vote. And we all know how well that's turning out in places like Tennessee.
I guess not enough zygotes had the proper photo ID to vote in this election.
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