Washington, D.C. (29 March 2010) – American Life League’s vice president, Jim Sedlak, issued the following statement in response to news the Colorado personhood amendment (Amendment 62) will be on the 2010 ballot:
“We’re ecstatic that folks in Colorado, and around the country, are finally addressing assaults on preborn human beings – recognizing that these human beings must be acknowledged as legal persons.
“The Amendment 62 campaign will propel back into the national spotlight the message of the civil rights movement: All human beings are inherently equal and deserve protection under the law.
“For too long, the pro-life movement has been content to merely mitigate the assault on human beings’ lives and rights. The human personhood movement doesn’t seek to merely contain or reduce this most basic injustice; it seeks to end it outright.
“Colorado is inspiring the nation with its passionate cry for justice at long last. We are excited to stand with the Colorado personhood campaign in its mission to end bigotry in and outside the womb.”
The Amendment reads as follows:
Section 32. Person defined. As used in sections 3, 6, and 25 of Article II of the state constitution, the term “person” shall apply to every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being.
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- New York Times: Abortion Ban Proposal to Be on Colo. Ballot (27 March 2010) http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/27/us/AP-US-Abortion-Amendment-Colorado.html?_r=1
- Personhood Colorado: http://www.personhoodusa.com/
- American Life League: Personhood http://all.org/personhood/
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