Update: Ron Paul also signed the pledge however CRTL stands with those pro-life groups that have rejected Paul’s pledge. Denver, CO: Presidential candidates Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Sen. Rick Santorum, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich have all signed the Personhood Pledge to protect unborn life! Here’s the Personhood Pledge […]
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CO Personhood Amendment Going Strong
Colorado Right To Life’s Personhood Amendment 2010 is going strong… Jesus said you will know them by their fruit (Mat. 7:16). Colorado’s historic 2008 Personhood Amendment was the first such statewide vote in the nation. A year later, Christians have introduced personhood petition drives and are gathering signatures in California, Colorado (again!), Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, […]
NARAL Promotes More Sex Education For Colorado Public Schools
The Denver Daily News reports that NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado is recommending that Colorado Public Schools should consider teaching age-appropriate comprehensive sex education earlier on in the educational process while also evaluating school policy on the testing of sexually transmitted diseases on a school’s campus. Meanwhile, one pro-life activist says schools teaching comprehensive sex education is […]
CRTL 2009 Fall Update
PERSONHOOD: So much has happened in the few weeks just since our banquet! For just one example, we said that legislators in the state of Michigan were about to join the Personhood Movement. Now, on Oct. 14th, a Democrat-led joint resolution was introduced proposing an amendment to the state constitution by adding section 28 to article […]
Personhood Effort Lauches in Nevada
“A longtime conservative activist announced Wednesday he is launching a petition drive to overturn the state’s abortion rights law and prevent government from trying to end the lives of elderly people. Richard Ziser said his proposed Personhood Constitutional Amendment is designed to ensure that no human being is deprived of “life, liberty or property” from […]
Lawmaker Wants to Amend Michigan Constitution to Outlaw Abortion
State Rep. Jim Slezak, D-Davison Twp., has authored a proposed state constitutional amendment that would essentially outlaw abortion in Michigan. The amendment would say every person has a right to life, and would define “person” as a human being whose life begins at conception. A resolution in support of the amendment was introduced by Slezak […]
Personhood law’s petitioning starts in Montana
“Anti-abortion activists launched a petition drive in Billings on Friday to give legal rights to fertilized embryos. The personhood amendment would change Montana’s definition to include fertilized embryos, which would be protected against destruction in all cases. Amendment sponsor Montana Prolife Coalition has until next June 18 to gather the 48,673 signatures necessary to put […]
California Pro-Lifers Launch Personhood Petition Campaign
California has joined the race to recognize human rightsand personhood for all human beings from the biologicalbeginning of development.”The preborn, while demonstrably alive and demonstrablyhuman, are not protected ‘persons’ under our state constitution,” said Lila Rose, the 21-year-old studentpro-life activist, president of Live Action and cosponsorof the amendment. “Our laws must protect each person’basic human […]
Missouri Group Launches Campaign for Personhood Rights of Pre-Born Babies
By Keith Mason Missouri is the latest state to launch a drive for a personhood amendment. The campaign in Missouri is headed by Dr. Gregory Thompson of Personhood Missouri. Missouri joins Florida, Montana, Colorado, and Mississippi, which started a personhood drive earlier in 2009. “What we’re attempting to do is to put forth an initiative […]
Say What? A Personhood Primer
By Judie Brown Recently, a pro-life gentleman asked this question about the language of American Life League’s Federal Human Personhood Amendment (FHPA) and the 2010 Colorado Personhood Amendment (CPA): I am wondering greatly at the wording of the personhood initiative[s]. Why these words “…from the beginning of their biological development” [FHPA], or “…[from the] beginning of […]