Mississippi: Vote No on Amendment to Criminalize Abortion
November 8, 2011
In this press statement, PRCH board chair and obstetrician/gynecologist Douglas Laube, MD, MEd, denounces the "personhood" amendment on today's ballot in Mississippi: "[U]nder Amendment 26 ... I would be hard-pressed to help many of my patients."
The amendment would give legal rights to fertilized eggs, turn abortion into a criminal act under all circumstances, and jeopardize the legality of the birth control pill, the IUD, and some in-vitro fertilization techniques.
Dr. Laube urges Mississippi to vote no on the amendment. "Personhood for fertilized eggs is not worth the risk” to women's health and lives. His full statement appears on the Florida Independent and the Washington Independent.
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