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When Does Life Begin? When Do We Become 'Persons'?

Voters in Mississippi next week will decide a proposed state constitutional amendment that would define a fertilized egg as a 'person', with the same rights as any person. It's seen as an attempt to ban abortion.  Ohio voters may face a similar question next fall.  So our question: When does life begin?  When do we become 'persons'?

Mike Thompson spends much of his time correcting people who mispronounce the name of his hometown – Worcester, Massachusetts. Mike studied broadcast journalism at Syracuse University when he was not running in circles – as a distance runner on the SU track team.