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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Boomer with Attitude / News Ovo-Americans on the march!
Posted By John Grooms on Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Here's a quick update of last week's Boomer With Attitude column, in which we brought you an exclusive interview with two newly designated "persons," otherwise known as a couple of fertilized eggs in North Dakota. Now, two other states are considering granting "personhood" and full legal rights to microscopic lumps about 1/250-of-an-inch wide.
Following the North Dakota House of Representatives' vote to create new micro-citizens, to be known as Ovo-Americans, similar bills are now moving through the legislatures of Georgia and Montana. None of these bills have become law yet, but if and when they do, we'll be sure to check in again with Twins A and B back in Fargo, N.D. to get their take on this, er, developing story.
One more thing: we mistakenly wrote that Colorado was considering a similar "eggs are people too" law; in fact, the Colorado ballot initiative was defeated during the November 2008 elections.
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