Rights of unborn children. Provides that unborn children at every stage of development enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of the Commonwealth, subject only to the laws and constitutions of Virginia and the United States, precedents of the United States Supreme Court, and provisions to the contrary in the statutes of the Commonwealth.
So why should you be opposed to Personhood Bills? (Or I guess why am I?) Well essentially the passage of these bills will make it near impossible to practice reproductive medicine. Doctors and patients can be held criminally liable for anything that were to happen to embryos.
It does specifically state in the bill that practices of infertility treatment are exempt, but the language used is horribly vague and dangerous.
And by the by- there are about 1000 other terrible thing that go along with this bill- Umm forcing a woman who is having an abortion due to rape to submit to a transvaginal ultrasound before the procedure? So kind. So here are some references for you to read up on Personhood. If this is impacting your state- write to your state legislators and make your voice heard!
Click HERE to read the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's opinion.
Click HERE to read RESOLVES Personhood Talking Points.
Click HERE to read the entire bill- Virginia House Bill 1.
fortunately it died in Senate Committee. I can't believe something that ridiculous got that far. It is unreal!
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