Over the past year, we've noticed wingnut attempts to define a fertilized egg as a "person," so as to further restrict family planning and womens' reproductive rights. It's so extreme that even the voters in ultra-conservative Mississippi rejected such an attempt as too intrusive into the personal lives of its citizens.
We had to laugh, then, when we saw the story about the Wilmington, Delaware city council pass a tongue-in-cheek resolution that calls for state legislatures and Congress to enact laws to prevent men from "destroying their semen." The resolution reads:
"[E]ach ‘egg person’ and each ‘sperm person’ should be deemed equal in the eyes of the government and be subject to the same laws and regulations as any other dependent minor and be protected against abuse, neglect or abandonment by the parent or guardian."The sponsor of the resolution, Councilwoman Loretta Walsh said, "What's good for the gander is good for the goose." To which we would add only our apologies to all of the trillions of little sperm people that we have abused, neglected and abandoned in our pasts.
(image: "I can't wait to get my driver's license!")
