Virginia lawmakers on Thursday shelved until next year a measure ultimately aimed at outlawing abortion by granting individual rights to an embryo from the moment of conception. The state Senate voted 24-14 to send the so-called “personhood” bill back to a committee to be taken up again in 2013, reports Reuters. The move effectively killed […]
While many Virginia voters were mourning the death of music legend Whitney Houston, Virginia lawmakers took a step toward outlawing abortion on Tuesday by approving “personhood” legislation that grants individual rights to an embryo from the moment of conception. The Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted 66-32 in favor of defining the word “person” under state […]
