Thursday, February 19, 2009

North Dakota House Passes Bill Giving Rights to Fertilized Eggs

I found this on Feministe blog

This is down right crazy…
ND House Passes Bill Giving Rights to Fertilized Eggs
By DALE WETZEL
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A measure approved by the North Dakota House gives a fertilized human egg the legal rights of a human being, a step that would essentially ban abortion in the state.

The bill declares that "any organism with the genome of homo sapiens" is a person protected by rights granted by the North Dakota Constitution and state laws.

The measure's sponsor, Rep. Dan Ruby, R-Minot, said the legislation did not automatically ban abortion. Ruby has introduced bills in previous sessions of the Legislature to prohibit abortion in North Dakota.
This is totally off the wall! Besides flying in the face of the U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, it will also ban abortions if the mother’s life was in danger.

Would it mean that if a mother had a miscarriage that she could be charged with involuntary manslaughter? Or if the mother was in a car accident and the accident caused a miscarriage could the drive at fault be charged with murder?

What would happen if a couple decided to have their fertilized eggs frozen, how would the law deal with that. With In Vitro Fertilization they usually fertilize more eggs then needed, would it then be murder is they destroyed the extra fertilized eggs?

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