Pictures of Fertalized Eggs Now a Sex Crime in North Dakota?
February 19, 2009 – 12:27 am
You see this image? That’s a fertilized human egg. The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill on Feb 19th 2009 which states that this picture is considered child pornography. The vote now goes to the North Dakota Senate for a vote. If passed, it means that if you post pictures of your ultrasound on Facebook, you run the risk of having to sign up for the sex offender registry.
This bill that passed by 51-41 this afternoon declared that a fertilized egg has all the rights of any person. Sponsored by Rep. Dan Ruby, R, this effectively outlaws abortion in North Dakota.
Outlawing abortions obviously this leads to unregulated abortions, since abortions take place regardless of legality. However, having back-ally abortions is the least of womens’ concern. If the North Dakota Senate passes it as well, North Dakota would be able to prosecute women who have miscarriages as being criminally negligent.
While Ruby has has sponsored other anti-abortion bills, it is unclear his motivation for this. While North Dekota is running record budget problems, it seems odd that he’d willingly force so many unwed teenagers into motherhood, where the state will be legally obligated to support them. Additionally, he certainly cannot be using any biblical justification, because the Bible is very clear to state that until a child is alive one month out of the mother it has no value at all. (Exodus 21:22-23, Leviticus 27:6, Numbers 3:15-16.) What’s more, God has abroved of abortion and has been known to induce an abortion (Numbers 5:21-21, 27-28).
The whole situation is a bit absurd. North Dakota has opened up a can of worms they really didn’t think through.
Update: Someone put up a good list of side effects of this law Here. Where our list is a bit sophomoric, this link has actual legal implications
Note: Last year, a bunch of conservatives got together and flagged this website as spam on Digg. Because of that, this article cannot be submitted to Digg.
24 Responses to “Pictures of Fertalized Eggs Now a Sex Crime in North Dakota?”
I agree with this article, but i think it could be better. You kind of just threw in the bible stuff at the end, without much support. Your initial argument is the correct one, I think, but the bill certainly sounds religiously motivated to me. Claiming that its not biblically motivated is a separate argument that you should make somewhere else, either in a separate article or expand upon it countering the possible counter arguments.
By Kevin on Mar 1, 2009
This is awesome. They really didn’t think it through at all. Any time I hear someone supporting north Dakota’s declaration I start asking about the dozens of fertilized eggs that are destroyed in artificial insemination. They don’t have an answer for that one. Neither did the pro-lifers.
By Kevin on Mar 1, 2009
oooo-check that egg out-fap fap fap
By joe on Mar 1, 2009
“While North Dekota is running record budget problems, it seems odd that he’d willingly force so many unwed teenagers into motherhood,”
?? Last I heard they had a huge surplus due to taxation of oil made recently viable.
By Joe on Mar 1, 2009
state government has reached an new low in frivolous lawmaking. This is absolutely rediculous.
i’m speechless
there isn’t anything i can say in defense or against this i’m just that speechless
these lawmakers have reached a new level of stupidity.
By baltes on Mar 1, 2009
If you think this is absurd, take a look at all the sex offender laws that are being passed without considering the RESEARCH!!
http://cfcoklahoma.org/New_Site/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=0&func=listcat&catid=83
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By MSLGWCEO on Mar 1, 2009
Wow, North Dakota. Who’s really surprised though, inbred morons.
By Daniel on Mar 1, 2009
Fertilized eggs are now “child pornography”?
I don’t think the English language is vast enough to properly explain how stupid this is…
(BTW, typo in the post title – “fertilized”)
By Yuriy on Mar 2, 2009
“Outlawing abortions obviously this leads to unregulated abortions, since abortions take place regardless of legality.” equals
Outlawing murder and rape, obviously this leads to unregulated murder and rape, since murder and rape take place regardless of legality.
So, make murder and rape legal (because they cannot be stopped by outlawing them) .
By LaVallette on Mar 2, 2009
what the hell are people doing wasting their time with this crap when there are serial rapists, murderers etc out there…for all our sakes, this should not pass. Or at least if it does, leave this crap in Dakota!
NEVER COMING TO AMERICA!
By kriisti on Mar 2, 2009
This is unbelievable and ludicrous. I see our government now wants to take a womans right and even thoughI do not condone abortion its a womans choice IMO. Then we have the other side how many children will be in the already overloaded foster care system? How many women will have to be on state funded medical while pregnant? With this economy how many of these babies will be born with nothing cause parents do not have a job? Does this ne law allow for abortion if forcibly raped or incest? As for the sex offender registry we know already its a joke and as bogus as many of our politicians due to stories like Rickys http://www.rickyslife.com so Americans better wake up cause we arelosing our rights daily
By rickysmom on Mar 2, 2009
Stupid really SHOULD hurt. And that’s all I’ll say about that.
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By TyrannicalDuck on Mar 2, 2009
it’s FERTILIZED.
By Charles Roldan on Mar 2, 2009
I approve of this article and can’t believe this is happening, even if it is in North Dakota; but I just have to wonder if there is an editor for this website, and if so, why they aren’t doing their job.
By Leila on Mar 2, 2009
They get sicker and sicker . they have destroyed everything they have touched and the scary thing is had this economic mess been stalled for a few more months they would still be in charge . This is a scary nation .
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By dalcolwy on Mar 3, 2009
Proofread your writing! There are a number of spelling and grammatical errors in your article that need to be fixed.
Oh yeah, and actually having references so your article has any measure of clout behind it would be an incredibly wise idea…
By Garrett on Mar 3, 2009
this is the most stupid thing i have ever heard of in my life
By Charles Haley on Mar 3, 2009