Va. Del. Bob Marshall files anti-abortion bill that grants fertilized human eggs ‘personhood’

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Va. Del. Bob Marshall files anti-abortion bill that grants fertilized human eggs ‘personhood’

A Virginia legislator known for his opposition to abortion has filed a so-called “personhood” bill.

Del. Bob Marshall filed legislation Monday that states that human life begins at fertilization, and that Virginia’s laws should grant rights, privileges and immunities to what the bill calls “unborn children.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-del-bob-marshall-files-anti-abortion-bill-that-grants-fertilized-human-eggs-personhood/2011/11/22/gIQAV4PTkN_story.html

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