A recent meeting with lawmakers in the state capitol in Jackson dealt with proposed legislation to protect all human life. Les Riley of Personhood Mississippi attended the meeting and says one proposal before lawmakers will be the Adoption and Humane Treatment of Human Embryos Act.
"Which will deal with embryonic stem-cell research, human/animal hybrid bans, and things that the pro-life movement didn't have to worry about 20 years ago [because] they're now coming to fruition," he shares. "But [this act] also provides the provision to make Mississippi the most embryo adoption-friendly state in the nation."
In addition, legislation is being proposed to deal specifically with the life issue.
"We've proposed an amendment to the legislature called the Life at Conception Amendment that basically defines life as beginning at conception and specifically deals with the objections that people had during the [recent personhood] campaign and clarifies things."
During that campaign, opponents had charged among other things that the amendment would ban in vitro fertilization and birth control.
If the proposed bill does not pass the state legislature, Riley says his group is fully prepared to again go through the process of putting a constitutional amendment before voters in the Magnolia State.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
