Tuesday, December 10, 2013

In a recent article in Slatest Dahlia Lithwick connects the dots on the movement to increase the definition of person hood.
At one end we have Far right attempts to declare fetuses and even zygotes persons. At the other end is Hobby Lobby's attempt to increase the definition of corporate person hood in order to force its religious beliefs on its employees.
In both cases this extension of person hood diminishes the rights and person hood of actual people.
Lithwick sums it up very effectively: "If the far right succeeds in stretching these two legal fictions to their illogical extremes, American “person hood” will begin at conception, diminish somewhat at birth, and regain its force upon incorporation?"
Read the full article.

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