Anti-Choice Floridians Peddling Constitutional Amendment to Criminalize Birth Control Pill


	Anti-Choice Floridians Peddling Constitutional Amendment to Criminalize Birth Control Pill

brightlight4

9-15-2009 3:43 PM

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brightlight4 says:

Reminds me of the Fascist Laws when Franco was alive when I first came to Spain over thirty years ago!!

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9-17-2009 6:38 AM

JackieDel

These nutters should start worrying about kids and their parents who are living in poverty.

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		The "Personhood Amendment" would define someone as a "person," regardless of age or health status, "from the beginning of the biological development of that human being."
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