There is a movement afoot in Alaska to get a "Personhood Initiative" on the ballot in 2012. The proposed ballot measure states: "All human beings, from the beginning of their biological development as human organisms, including the single-cell embryo ... shall be recognized as legal persons in the state of Alaska."
This is a controversial measure for some... especially Pro-Abort folks. What baffles me is the response by the ACLU up here: Alaska Civil Liberties Union executive director Jeffrey Mittman called the initiative "insane," and argued that the personhood language could have unforeseen consequences such as requiring unborn children to receive Permanent Fund dividend checks.
The ACLU is of course trying to cloud the issues. The PFD is the Oil Fund check that Alaskans get every year if they meet certain qualifications. For example, my wife and I don't get one this year because you have to live here for a year (residency requirement) plus you have to actually make Alaska your home for the months preceding the distribution. There are also other requirements. Therefore, a fetus, in utero child, and new born don't meet those requirements now do they? A baby gestates for 9 months... so they aren't really a "resident" now are they? Also they could easily amend the law that limits any type of "in utero" loophole. It is sloppy and dirty for the Director of the ACLU to make a preposterous claim. REALLY? the DIRECTOR of an organization made that argument?
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