Feb 18, 2009 / 23:34 pm
By a margin of 51 to 41, the North Dakota House on Tuesday voted to approve a measure that establishes legal rights for humans from the moment of conception in an effort that may challenge Roe v. Wade.
The measure, similar to proposals in four other states, now moves to the North Dakota Senate for review.
According to Fox News, the measure declares that “any organism with the genome of homo sapiens” is a person protected by the rights granted by North Dakota’s constitution and other state laws.
Measure sponsor Rep. Dan Ruby, a Republican from Minot, said the legislation did not automatically ban abortion unlike previous bills he has introduced.