Ohio voters have rejected by 61 per cent to 39 a proposal drastically to reduce the collective bargaining rights of public employees.
But Mississippi voters have rejected, albeit only by 59 per cent to 41, a proposal to recognise the personhood of the preborn child, following a cruel and cynical campaign of disinformation which will not surprise anyone who has ever been active in the pro-life cause, but which will stagger anyone else, being all the way down there with the claim that embryonic stem cell "research" will cure Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and anything else that you care to name.
However, the proposal was supported by the Democratic as well as the Republican candidate for Governor, although not by the outgoing Republican Governor. So hope springs eternal.
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The Ohio vote is really quite important given Ohio's position as a key swing state.
ReplyDeleteOn the Mississippi vote, there were also the usual arguments about poor women, infant mortality and teen pregnancy. To me, this signals why the pro-life movement needs to embrace economic justice along with opposition to abortion.
I could never understand the opposition to the "Seamless Garment" theory. If followed properly, it would not encourage deviation on abortion.
Just because a politician could have theoretically twisted it into a loophole does not make a difference because they would have found some other way to support the pro-choice position if they were really determined to do so.