Mississippi movement aims to criminalize abortion

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/antiabortion-movement-hoping-for-electoral-victory-in-miss/2011/10/25/gIQAHEVGmM_story.html

An antiabortion movement that is gaining momentum nationwide is hoping for its first electoral victory Tuesday, when Mississippi voters will decide whether to designate a fertilized egg as a person and potentially label its destruction an act of murder.

If approved, the nation’s first “personhood” amendment could criminalize abortion and limit in-vitro fertilization and some forms of birth control. It also would give a jolt of energy to a national movement that views mainstream antiabortion activists as timid and complacent.