MORE DOBSONISM IN ARIZONA

I'm beginning to think there's a coordinated effort by the GOP legislature to pass as many Dobson laws as they can to force Gov. Napolitano to veto them. The GOP will then use these vetoes against her in the 2006 election. I think they are hoping for a very high fundie turnout, like the one Rove manufactured nationwide in 2004.


House bars human egg sales, stirs women's ire
Several female lawmakers charge unequal treatment
By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
Tucson, Arizona Published: 02.28.2006

On a voice vote, the House of Representatives said that a woman who sells her eggs could be sent to prison for up to a year and fined up to $150,000. The same penalty would apply to any organization or doctor who made the purchase.

Rep. Bob Stump, R-Peoria, said both measures are necessary to protect the health of women.

Stump conceded that the medical risk remains the same whether the eggs are donated or sold. And nothing in his legislation makes donation illegal.

But Stump said there is one difference. Human eggs can be used not only for in vitro fertilization to help a childless couple conceive — like sperm — but also can be used "for the express purpose of destroying cloned human embryos" for medical research.