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Anti-Choice Stereotypes Get Slammed
Does life begin at fertilization? Implantation? These may seem like theoretical questions to most Americans but Coloradans will be voting on precisely when they think life begins come November. And if they agree with the ballot initiative being presented, they'll vote to confer full human rights onto fertilized eggs.
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Tagged as: reproductive rights, stereotypes, colorado
Amanda Marcotte co-writes the popular blog Pandagon. She is the author of It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments.
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