What's a person?

[HungLikeJesus]

In two different parts of the world the definition of 'human' is being challenged in court.

In Colorado (US) a "proposed amendment to the state constitution defining a fertilized human egg as a person has enough petition signatures to get on the November ballot."

And in Austria, "animal rights activist and teacher Paula Stibbe, along with the Vienna-based Association Against Animal Factories (AAAF), says she wants [a] chimpanzee, named Matthew Hiasl Pan, declared a person."

Both of these are politically motivated, but I would think the petitioners are at opposite ends of the spectrum (animal rights = left vs. restricting access to abortions = right).

I see both of these as leading to lots of unintended consequences, if they pass.