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47of74

(18,470 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:25 AM Dec 2011

Nevada judge rewrites ‘misleading’ personhood ballot initiative

Anti abortion extremists are getting rather shifty;

A Nevada state judge on Monday rewrote a fetal personhood ballot measure after ruling it was misleading because the measure did not explain the full extent it would have on Nevada law.

The ballot measure, proposed by the Nevada Prolife Coalition, seeks to add an amendment to Nevada’s constitution that would prohibit the intentional taking of prenatal life “at all stages of biological development before birth.” The amendment would ban all abortions, even in cases of incest or rape.


The judge rewrote the description as follows;

“The initiative would protect a prenatal person regardless of whether or not the prenatal person would live, grow, or develop in the womb or survive birth; prevent all abortions even in the case of rape, incest, or serious threats to the woman’s health or life, or when a woman is suffering from a miscarriage, or as an emergency treatment for an ectopic pregnancy,” the new description states. It also notes that the amendment would prohibit hormonal birth control, in vitro fertilization and stem cell research.
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Nevada judge rewrites ‘misleading’ personhood ballot initiative (Original Post) 47of74 Dec 2011 OP
That's very interesting that a judge Ilsa Dec 2011 #1
I predict an attempt on his life a la Slepian and the other women's doctor in KS. kestrel91316 Dec 2011 #2
Good. RW ballot initiatives specializing in hiding what they're really about. DirkGently Dec 2011 #3

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
1. That's very interesting that a judge
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 12:47 AM
Dec 2011

Would add that information to the ballot. I bet he really pissed off the anti-choice crowd.

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