Does this look like a person to you?
A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows voters are split on the Personhood Amendment appearing on tomorrow's ballot in Mississippi:
It looks like the race to watch in Mississippi on Tuesday night will be the state's proposed 'Personhood Amendment,' which would make the state's laws regarding abortion and birth control the strictest of any state in the country. Right now it looks like it could go either way, with 45% of voters supporting the amendment and 44% opposed.
Men (48-42), whites (54-37), and Republicans (65-28) support the proposal. But women (42-46), African Americans (26-59), Democrats (23-61), and independents (35-51) oppose it. The good news for those opposed to the amendment is that 11% of voters are undecided and their demographics are 58% women, 54% Democratic, and 42% black- those still on the fence disproportionately belong to voter groups that oppose the amendment. That suggests when those folks make up their minds the proposal could be narrowly defeated.
Remember, this is the bill that would write "biological ignorance" into law, stating that every fertilized egg is a person. It's a bill that is so extreme that even National Right to Life and the Roman Catholic bishops oppose it.
It's a bill that will raise questions like:
Can you drink at 20 years and three months? Can you collect Social Security at 64? Would a "dependent embryo" be tax deductible? Would sharing an ultrasound at Facebook be considered child pornography? How does this affect the census?
If you live in Mississippi, be sure to vote against this heinous attempt to give rights to eggs but not to women. Unless, of course, you think Mississippi needs a law to criminalize miscarriage, prohibit contraception, and allow pregnant women to drive in the carpool lane.