Home » Topics » North Dakota Senate
North Dakota Senate approves ‘fetal personhood’ amendment
The Senate of North Dakota approved a measure on Thursday that would outlaw abortion by defining a fetus as a person. “North Dakota is leading the way for equal rights and protections for all human beings,” Jennifer Mason, spokesperson for Personhood USA, said. “After the struggles to pass life-affirming amendments…
North Dakota Senate rejects zygote citizen bill
The ridiculous and dangerous “personhood” amendment bit the dust in the North Dakota Senate. Thank god this failed — the ND House recently gave the thumbs up to declaring a fertilized egg a person, defining it as “any organism with the genome of homo sapiens.” The Senate voted 29-16 Friday…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Powerful tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City suburb
- Peter Singer: Find meaning by abandoning the ‘hedonic treadmill’ and embracing altruism
- WATCH LIVE: Huge tornado rips through Oklahoma
- Oregon senator vows to repeal the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’
- Luke Skywalker’s pants to be put up for auction on Tuesday
- New Yorkers protest fatal shooting of gay man
- Small Alaskan village loses court battle against big oil
- Hong Kong pledges to reduce waste by 40 percent per person
- Chelsea Flower Show relaxes ban on garden gnomes
- WHO: ‘No one can predict’ course of China’s new bird flu outbreak
Commentary
An open letter to the Center for Inquiry
By Amanda Marcotte
Stop whining about Millennials
By Pando Daily
Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration’s scandals
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
