would allow for surrogate pregnancies but it would blow up in vitro fertilization because in vitro fertilization you typically fertilized twenty or thirty eggs you find a copy of it or in most viable you implant them so after women become pregnant you know. just stop without any what's wrong with in vitro for i realize you know the catholic church has an official position that they don't like in vitro fertilization the taliban is not all that fond of it but i think the average american thinks it's probably a reasonable thing i mean if it is i mean we do have to expand a we you know define things technology again is change in people are having kids that a much older age they're going to be are in a line of their how do you want to interview trophyless if they should. we are not trying to ban in vitro fertilization we're trying to protect another group of people who will be coming up women who have issues are finally going to be able to get but they didn't have a tie in in vitro fertilization i'm sure you know those you know they'll take twenty or thirty eggs out of a woman and put them in a petri

because in vitro fertilization typically fertilized twenty or thirty aids you find a couple that are the most viable you implant them so after women become pregnant you know. just stop with that i mean what's wrong with in vitro for i realize you know the catholic church as an official position that they don't like in vitro fertilization the taliban is not all that fond of it but i think the average american thinks it's probably a reasonable thing and if it is i mean we do have to expand the we you know define things technology again is change in people are having kids and a much older age they are going to be reliant on the i do want to vitro fertilization. we are not trying to reach her first i think and we're trying to protect another group of people who will be coming out women who have very tentative ish is are finally going to be able to get for her and they need and i'm a tight ship and in vitro feral fertilization i'm sure you know this you know they'll take twenty or thirty eggs out of a woman and put them in a petri dish along with her husband's sperm until they're they're

also some types of fertility treatments. it could turn a miscarriage into cause for a criminal investigation. so far, with 0% of precincts reporting, we have nothing to tell you whether or not mississippi voters are voting for a constitutional amendment defining a fertilized egg as a person. at this point, the polls heading into today's voting in mississippi are all we have to go for which showed this essentially neck in neck. right now, 0% reporting from mississippi. we will stay on this throughout this hour. this is a fascinating race in mississippi. also on ballot in mississippi, initiative 27 which would amend the state constitution so you can no longer vote in the state unless you show documentation you've never before been required to show. and that not every mississippi registered voter has. again, we have no reporting yes from mississippi so can't yet tell you how initiative 27 has done today. it was heavily favored heading into today's voting. in houston, texas, first-term incumbent democratic mayor annise parker is

and in mississippi, they decided a fertilized egg is not a full blown person. initiative 26 would have banned abortions no exceptions and the most popular forms of birth control, hormonal and types of fertility treatment and turned a miscarriage for cause for criminal investigation. with 81% of precincts reporting, 58% of voters voted no on constitutional amendment to finding a fertilized egg as a person and 42% of mississippians voted yes. on the ballot on mississippi amendment 27 amended the state constitution so you can no longer vote in mississippi unless you show documentation you've never before been required to show. and not every registered voter in mississippi has. with 79% of precincts reported 63% of mississippians voted yes to that voter id measure, 37% voted no. the associated press calling that one saying that measure has passed. there were two big attempted recalls of republican officials tonight, seen as broader bellweathers how this year's republican politics in the states have been going over with real voters. in michigan, republican paul scot

also some types of fertility treatments. it could turn a miscarriage into cause for a criminal investigation. so far, with 0% of precincts reporting, we have nothing to tell you whether or not mississippi voters are voting for a constitutional amendment defining a fertilized egg as a person. at this point, the polls heading into today's voting in mississippi are all we have to go for which showed this essentially neck in neck. right now, 0% reporting from mississippi. we will stay on this throughout this hour. this is a fascinating race in mississippi. also on ballot in mississippi, initiative 27 which would amend the state constitution so you can no longer vote in the state unless you show documentation you've never before been required to show. and that not every mississippi registered voter has. again, we have no reporting yes from mississippi so can't yet tell you how initiative 27 has done today. it was heavily favored heading oust, texas, first-term incumbent democratic mayor annise parker is facing five different chal

and in mississippi, they decided a fertilized egg is not a full blown person. initiative 26 would have banned abortions no exceptions and the most popular forms of birth control, hormonal and types of fertility treatment and turned a miscarriage for cause for criminal investigation. with 81% of precincts reporting, 58% of voters voted no on constitutional amendment to finding a fertilized egg as a person and 42% of mississippians voted yes. on the ballot on mississippi amendment 27 amended the state constitution so you can no longer vote in mississippi unless you show documentation you've never before been required to show. and not every registered voter in mississippi has. with 79% of precincts reported 63% of mississippians voted yes to that voter id measure, 37% voted no. the associated press calling that one saying that measure has passed. there were two big attempted recalls of republican officials tonight, seen as broader bellwethers how this year's republican politics in the states have been going over with real voters. in michigan, republican paul scott

if you go on fertility websites, you only hear one side. you see happy couples holding healthy, beautiful, cute babies, you don't see the young women who have lost their fertility. you don't see the women who have lost their ovary. you don't see the women who have gone on and developed reproductive cancers. this is a new technology only with us for three decades. there was a study that came out two weeks ago -- >> why don't you respond to that, then. if at issue -- people are not informed of the picture enough that you only hear the most positive results and you hear not enough about potentially the side effects, what negatively could -- how it could impact people. what is the matter with giving that full picture? >> i don't think there's anything that's wrong with that. i think disclosure is always the best way to be. i can only talk about my center. but at my center, we haven't had these kinds of problems, these kinds of issues come up. yes, they are known possible complications of the procedures, but they happen in any kind of procedure

o'brien: prewitt insists fertility treatment-in vitro fertilization-would not necessarily be banned, even though fertilized eggs are often discarded in the process. prewitt: that hit particularly close to home because i'm an ivf parent. and there's nothing i would do as a leader of this campaign, uh, coalition, that would in any way seek to deny the joy that my wife, who's a physician, and myself have had in our children. o'brien: it's also unclear how the amendment might be applied to ectopic or other dangerous pregnancies. there are, however, no exceptions for rape or incest. without minimizing the horror of rape, supporters, including this rape victim, say abortion is not the answer. woman at podium: as a person who was raped and as a person who has had an abortion, i'm telling you that i'm am tired of using rape as an excuse. who do we believe creates life? did my rapist create the life inside of me? no. god almighty created that life. (applause) do doctors and nurses in petri dishes create life? no! jesus christ creates life. o'brien: amendment 26 has broad bi-partisan support i

it would redefine the word person to say that life begins at the moment of fertilization. our report tonight from janet shamlian. >> reporter: what many consider a private decision is playing out in the most public of venues. from city streets -- ♪ >> reporter: to suburban churches. >> choose life. >> reporter: the latest battle over reproductive rights is coming to a head in mission miss. >> so much at stake in this election for women and families. >> reporter: what's been called the personhood amendment or initiative 26 would declare a fertilized egg a person, and the destruction of that egg an act of murder. if passed it would limit some forms of birth control and ban abortion. >> it will restore a culture of life in mississippi. >> reporter: supporter frida bush says there would be no exceptions for rape or incest. >> regardless of how the baby is conceived, the baby good not deserve death because of its concepti conception. >> reporter: this woman's children were conceived through invitro fertilization. the amendment could have a major impact on ivf. outlawing the f

it would redefine the word person to say that life begins at the moment of fertilization. our report tonight from nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: what many consider a private decision is playing out in the most public of venues. >> no on 26! >> reporter: from city streets -- ♪ >> reporter: -- to suburban churches. >> choose life. >> reporter: the latest battle over reproductive rights is coming to a head in mississippi. >> so much is at stake in this election for women and families. >> reporter: what's been called the personhood amendment or initiative 26 would declare a fertilized egg a person, and consider the destruction of that egg an act of murder. if passed, it would limit some forms of birth control, methods of infertility treatments and ban abortion. >> it will restore a culture of life in mississippi. >> reporter: supporter frida bush says there would be no exceptions for rape or incest. >> regardless of how the baby is conceived, the baby does not deserve death because of its conception. >> all right. there's your banana. >> reporter: this woman's concerned

then we used fertilizers once or twice. now we used them five times and it's not enough. only the soil has lost its strength because of the bt cotton if we use a different seed nothing grows you don't use your own seat no we do not. it's. you hunt that wouldn't you can't imagine their deception they would bring p.t. seeds and say we don't need to use a lot of chemicals. come in for a year it was like that however the following year a new parasite the mill a bug arrived really but. well at the beginning they said we wouldn't need to spray at all. then they said you must use some for this bug or this for the other bug so what is the situation now. about what those months on to produce it also produces chemicals and who is the biggest trader in chemical monsanto do you think they'll stop bringing their chemicals and pesticides to the market with any company give up on profit know. that. the farmers in india cultivate expensive crops they depend on multinationals for seeds medicine fertilizers of which they need more and more. on the same farmer that spent nothing on seeds be

. >>> women's rights, the vote that could turn some forms of birth control and fertility treatments into a crime. >>> the aircraft carrier sized asteroid has missed the earth, but it got close enough to get pictures of it. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. and again here tonight, the campaign of herman cain is in the news. and it's not for his 9-9-9 economic plan or his standing in the polls. because he went before cameras in a wide-ranging news conference and said it just didn't happen. he was talking about the allegations of the woman who came forward, went public, went before cameras yesterday to say she had been sexually harassed by cain years ago. she's one of several accusers. we learned the identity of another one today and she is tonight quoted as having called herman cain a monster. despite his efforts to be final at today's pleads ya event this is likely to continue to haunt the cain campaign for president. we begin tonight with lisa myers. lisa, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. today herman cain changed hi

then we used fertilizers once or twice. now we used them five times and it's not enough. i thought. only the soil has lost its strength because of the bt cotton if we use a different seed nothing grows you don't use your own seeds no we do not. you hunt that you can't imagine their deception they would bring p.t. seeds and say we don't need to use a lot of chemicals. and for a year it was like that however the following year a new parasite the mill a bug arrived. well at the beginning they said we wouldn't need to spray at all. then they said you must use some for this bug this for the other bug so what is the situation now. but what does monsanto produce it also produces chemicals and who is the biggest trader in chemicals monsanto do you think they'll stop bringing their chemicals and pesticides to the market would any company give up on profit know that therefore yes the farmers in india cultivate expensive crops they depend on multinationals for seeds and medicine for the laws there's of which they need more and more. on the same farmer that spent nothing on seeds before now mus

as well as fertility treatments. even a pregnant woman's right to drink or smoke. abc's steve osunsami is in jackson, mississippi. >> reporter: atley breland is furious, worried that a majority of voters at home, in mississippi, could decide tonight that life begins at fertilization. a legal distinction that could put doctors who provide invitro fertility treatments on the wrong side of the law. >> my children would not be here if i had not had the access to a doctor who does ivf. >> reporter: the procedure often requires doctors to destroy fertilized eggs, which could be considered equivalent to murder. breland says that doesn't make sense to her. >> nobody understands how important children are more than a woman who has empty arms, and who has struggled to build a family. >> reporter: mississippi would be the first state to pass the law, called personhood. six other states could vote on similar measures next year. it says that a fertilized egg is a person, from the moment of conception, and entitled to protection under the law. that would make every abortion ille

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voters will design whether to designate a fertilized egg as a person. if it gets the okay, the first personhood amendment would not only criminalize abortion as murder, limit invert troe fein vitro fertilization a some forms of birth control. sir, nice you have back on as we talk about this conversation today. doctor, this issue has the potential, honestly, to revive the abortion donebate on the martial level. how do you this issue will play out in your state? >> i think if you'd asked me a month or two ago my fear would have been that this proposal would carry by and overwhelming margin. it's been really interesting in the last few weeks, there's been a tremendous awareness among people of the am boo gut ambig unintended consequences on things line infertility treatment, birth control, a number of other issues, and i think the latest information indicates that it's now very close race. one that's too close to call. >> when we talk about the support for this it's mainly coming from people who would like to prevent abortion with the state. it doesn't hav

these fertilized egg as person ones have not done well elsewhere in the country. but it's mississippi. in 2001, mississippi voted to keep the confederate flag as a part of its state flag by a 28-point margin. in 2004, mississippi voted to ban gay marriage by a 72-point margin. 72 points was the margin of victory. every single county in mississippi voted in favor of the gay marriage ban. that's a simple map. this year in 2011, a public policy polling survey found only 40% of mississippi republicans think that interracial marriage should be legal. so mississippi has a really radical, really conservative record when it comes to their opinions and their voting record on other mississippians' rights. survey usa served all 50 states on abortion rights in 2005. the national average was 56% of americans identifying themselves as pro-choice. in mississippi, though, you can drop that by nearly 20 points, please. only 39% of mississippians said they were pro-choice. so the ban abortion and birth control and ivf folks probably figured if they could get this fertilized egg as

as well as fertility treatments. even a pregnant woman's right to drink or smoke. abc's steve osunsami is in jackson, mississippi. >> reporter: atley breland is furious, worried that a majority of voters at home, in mississippi, could decide tonight that life begins at fertilization. a legal distinction that could put doctors who provide invitro fertility treatments on the wrong side of the law. >> my children would not be here if i had not had the access to a doctor who does ivf. >> reporter: the procedure often requires doctors to destroy federal lized eggs, which could be considered equivalent to murder. breland says that doesn't make sense to her. >> nobody understands how important children are more than a woman who has empty arms, and who has struggled to build a family. >> reporter: mississippi would be the first state to pass the law, called personhood. it says that a fertilized egg is a person, form the moment of conception, and entitled to protection under the law. that would make every abortion illegal. but it's the unintended consequences that have many

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their own often turn to fertility treatments... in many cases, egg donors. but >>> couples who cannot have children of their own often turn to fertility treatments, in many cases, egg donors. asian couples in particular are shelling out big bucks to find what they think is the perfect egg. and lynn lynn shows us why this linda yee shows us why this is so true. >> tonight, one young woman that be many couple believes is pretty close to perfect. >> reporter: she is barely 21 and lin hong is in demand. >> i was tall and a berkeley graduate. >> reporter: with a 3.6 grade point average, she's young and she's asian. and the ethnicity in demand. an egg donor where two couples are expecting babies right now, partly because of her. her parents don't know that she does it. it is somewhat of a cultural taboo. >> you are giving up a part of yourself to another person here that you pretty much don't know to create a child. think of the biological aspect that would be upsetting. >> reporter: it makes the asian egg donors rare. but having that perfect baby is every inferti

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supporters of initiative 26 in mississippi want the word to apply to the time of fertilization. in other words, as soon as sperm meets egg, that's a person. that would essentially make abortion equivalent to murder. it would also do away with some fertility treatments that require the destruction of embryos and the measure could outlaw some forms of birth controls like iud's. >> this applies change of bondage to physicians who would hope to act in the best interest of their patients on a case-by-case measure. >> this measure, i hope, will save lives. it will not only save the life of a baby but save the life of america. >> shepard: now, if this goes through, supporters say they expect an immediate court challenge it could, eventually turn into a fight over the supreme court roe vs. wade decision that gave women the right to have abortions. in ohio we are watching two major ballot initiatives. one that attempts to reject federal health care overhaul and the other that seeks to repeal a law that cut the power of public employees unions. obviously most measures could provide a soli

. >>> well couples who can't have kids on their own often turn to fertility treatments, in many cases, egg donors. but turns out asian couples, in particular, are shelling out big bucks these days to find out what they think is a perfect egg. linda yee shows us why it's so hard to find. linda. >> reporter: it's an amazing story. couples have been spending tens of thousands of dollars just for the perfect asian egg. we meet one young woman who many couples believe is pretty close to perfect she is barely 21 and lynn honk is in demand. >> interview: they said they thought that i was pretty and i was tall and i was a berkeley graduate. >> reporter: she has got a 3.6 grade point average and she is young and asian. the ethnicity in demand. wong is an egg donor. two couples are expecting babies right now because of her. her parents don't know she dose that. partly because it's taboo. >> interview: you're giving up a part of yourself to create a child, i think the whole, the biological parental aspect of it would be very upsetting. to most asian parents. >> reporter: which makes asian egg do

opponents say the measure could have deterred physicians from performing in vitro fertilization because they might fear charges if an embryo doesn't survive. >>> here is another question. do criminals have privacy rights too. the feds say they were able to follow antuan jones who then led police to a stash of drugs and weapons. today the supreme court justices heard arguments from both sides on whether police violated his constitutional guarantee against unreasonable search and seizure. >> police without his knowledge and without his consent installed a device on his car which would be a criminal trespass. >> we're not saying don't use a gps. we're saying if you're going to use it, get a warrant. >> now, attorneys for the justice department argue to the high court that antuan jones was using public streets and therefore had no expectation of privacy. and they say they could have gotten the same results as they did with the gps by just watching and following him. >>> tonight dc police are stepping up patrols to avoid a repeat of friday's confrontation with some occupy dc protestors. toda

>>> shoot term person be defined to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent there of. that's the actual text of the question asked by mississippi amendment 26, which comes up for vote on tuesday. it's a simple bit of text but raises questions. there are several stages in the process that could count, and the amendment would sweep birth control and stillbirth and atopic births into the legal system. one wondered exactly what kind of enforcement regime it will require. in other words, if it passes on tuesday, as is expected, it's headed directly to the supreme court. can you bet if it's successful we will see it on the ballot on a number of other states, too. i wanted to talk to you, peter, because it's something you have written a lot about. let's go to the absolute sort of base -- get right to the nub of the issue, which is how do you understand personhood. the radical thing being proposed is that four cells constituted a person. do you think that's right? if not, what is your sort of counter proposal for what constitutes personho

the mississippi electorate is a very conservative one.Ñi these fertilized egg as person measures have not done well elsáq)e in the country. but it's mississippi. in 2001, mississippi voted to keep the confederate flag as a part of its state flag by a 28-point margin.çó in 2004, mississippi voted to ban gay marriage by a 72-point margin. 72 points was the margin of vict/& every single county in mississippi voted in favor of the gay marriage ban.lp that's a simple map. this year in 2011, a puálic policy polling survey found only 40% of mississippi republicans r think that interracial marriage should be legal.e1 so mis3sippi has a really radical, really conservative record when it comes to their opinions and their voting recorf mississippi is really anti-abortion state.e1 survey usa served all 50 states on abortion rights in 2005. )t+r'g themselves as pro-choice. drop that by nearly 20 points, only 39% of mississippians said they were pro-choice. so the ban abortion and birth tz#eájtq" if they could obably fertilized egg as a person thing passed anywher]@x9"á(ááv it would be in m

so to provide legal rights to all fertilized eggs really is not consistent with what we know about the world. >> reporter: in tuesday's statewide election both candidates for governor republican and democrat say they support personhood. already the decades-old antiabortion campaign here has been successful. there is only one clinic left in the state that provides legal abortions. randall pingston, cbs news, jackson, mississippi. >> mitchell: coming up on tonight's "cbs evening news", where the jobs are. why this american construction manager is looking for work overseas. [ timers ringing ] [ male announcer ] it's that time of year. time for campbell's green bean casserole. you'll find the recipe at campbellskitchen.com. ♪ campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups, it's back to more pain, back to more pills. the evening showings bring more pain and more pills. sealing the deal... when, hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. it can relieve pain all day with fewer pills than tyl

. >> reporter: to supporters of mississippi's initiative 26, life begins at fertilization. >> this is an opportunity to define what a person is. >> reporter: the anti-abortion measure is known as the person hood amendment. it seeks to change the state's definition of a person to include, quote, every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or equivalent thereof. >> please go to the polls, bring justice to the unborn, and stop the innocence from being killed. >> reporter: while supporters say the amendment would not ban contraceptives, it would prohibit post conception methods like the morning after pill and intrauterine devices. and in rape or incest -- >> an innocent baby conceived through rape or incest from being executed for the crime. >> reporter: opponents say all of this goes too far, that women have the right to choose. >> i don't like the state being able to tell me, you know, you have to do it now or you have less options to plan your family. >> it gives politicians the right to reach in and interfere with the most intimate and difficult personal decisions that

planets each year by twenty fifty in addition to medical progress and higher agricultural productivity fertility is thought to be the main driver of population interesting re enough worldwide population continues to grow despite the fact that the growth rate itself has been steadily declining the reason for this is the fact that there is still more people living in countries with a higher birth rate these countries are also in some of the developing world poorest such as niger some malya afghanistan and congo which means more people born into dire poverty the seven billionth citizen will be born into war go counter contradictions we have potential for. us to starving social and economic equity as at the crux of the phenomenon because not only does overpopulation work the hardest against the planet's most vulnerable groups but it is the developed countries that are currently enjoying the biggest share of the resources this has led many to argue that altering consumption patterns in tandem with improving access to family planning are essential elements of the population just course but then again