Anti-Choicers still anthropomorphizing fertilized eggs.

[sanguineroses]

At Personhood Conference, Anti-Choice Movement Struggles for Direction

She believes the personhood framework can be adapted to battles like abortion, stem cell research, fetal alcohol syndrome, "fetal homicide" (laws that criminalize accidental or intentional death of a fetus), and emergency contraception.

Do I need to utter the B-word again?

Comments

[writer_lilies]

Oh man. I just posted about how I really want kids and then I read your post. I'm not disagreeing with you. I just think it's funny.

[sanguineroses]

Two ends of a spectrum. ^.^

[writer_lilies]

Yeah.

[nebula1500]

Don't forget about other things that can cause a woman to not ovulate or not implant, like exercise or breastfeeding. If the pill should be illegal, those things should, too!

[sanguineroses]

They'll have to keep us secured and feed us a special diet, while carefully regulating our day-to-day exercise and interactions with others. Nothing to extreme or strenuous. A little light shopping and cooking is probably o.k.

I wonder if they've been thinking of The Handmaid's Tale as some sort of "how-to" manual...

[nebula1500]

Of course, if you still want autonomy, you can just allow the police to give you random hymen inspections to prove you aren't pregnant. Hope you don't get raped!