Yup. It's over. The entire pro-life movement was riding on this one initiative in an off-year election that was worded extremely ambiguously and was a bit too far-reaching. Didn't pass? OK, show's over guys. The pro-life cause is done.
Scoff all you want, but Mississippi was the lynchpin of Personhood USA's plan. The initiative is on the ballot in several states next year. PUSA intentionally picked out a state they just knew it would pass in to build momentum. Mississippi aborted that movement yesterday, the initiative is very unlikely to pass in any other state.
At best, it's back to the drawing board for the pro-life movement. Personhood was their one chance of maybe sidestepping Roe v. Wade, and it's not going to be a law anywhere.
Maybe 1% of America has heard of "Personhood USA." It is not that easy to defeat a moral crusade. Ask Saladin.
