Added your post here, MattWoodNYC. Very interesting. Thank you.
‘Cruz holds that Congress can simply outlaw abortion by classifying fertilized eggs as persons under the law (14th amendment) thereby nullifying Roe v Wade. If successful,personhood would outlaw nearly all abortions and could even criminalize certain types of birth control. Cruz made the comments in a November 25 interview conservative commentator Robert George’ ...
http://www.personhood.com/cruz_unborn_are_absolutely_persons_under_14th_amendment
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My personal thoughts about Cruz electability:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/gop/3381120/posts?page=23#23