The Virginia House of the Delegates passed the “the personhood” bill by a 66-32 margin. The bill has arrived to the Virginia Senate for a vote. The bill is in the Senate Committee. Senator Donald McEachin ways in on the “personhood” bill and wants to change some language in the bill.
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.
Senator Donald McEachin represents, District 9, Virginia Assembly, discussed the “personhood” bill with me. He said, “challenges with the bill will prevent certain forms of birth control.” He also stated that “just because an egg is fertilized it doesn’t become life until it attaches to the womb.” Listen in on my interview with Senator McEachin.
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