Washington, D.C. (22 July 2010) – Seventy-five percent of Georgia voters who participated in the July 20 primary support an amendment to the state constitution that would recognize and protect the human rights of all human beings from their biological beginning.
The non-binding human personhood amendment says the “right to life is vested in each human being from their earliest biological beginning until death,” and that right should be protected by law.
“The people in Georgia are affirming a common-sense American principle: All human beings should be recognized as persons,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. “Legislators are obligated to hear and represent the people of Georgia, who have clearly voiced their support for protecting the human rights of all.”
Georgia is the first state in the nation wherein voters have said yes to the personhood question. The human personhood movement is growing throughout the nation, with the initiative process underway for similar amendments in Colorado, Missouri and Florida, among others.
Led by Georgia Right to Life, supporters say the Georgia personhood movement continues the work of the civil rights movement, as it seeks equal protection under the law for all persons. Thus it has drawn support from a number of civil rights leaders, including Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Georgia counties and the corresponding percentage of their voters who supported the personhood amendment are as follows:
Bacon (88%), Banks (85%), Bartow (81%), Brantley (88%), Bulloch (84%), Burke (86%), Butts (Republican ballot, 79%; Democratic ballot, 72%), Carroll (80%), Chatham (78%), Cherokee (75%), Clayton (77%), Coffee (87%), Colquitt ( 85%), DeKalb (60%), Dooly (87%), Fannin (80%), Fulton (62%), Glynn (72%), Gordon (85%), Gwinnett (71%), Hall (78%), Hart (83%), Jackson (82%), Jasper (76%), Jeff Davis (92%), Jones (80%), Lamar (80%), Liberty (78%), Lowndes (85%), Murray (88%), Muscogee (81%), Paulding (80%), Pickens (75%), Pierce (89%), Spalding (80%), Thomas (84%), Tift (84%), Towns (81%), Troup (82%), Twiggs (87%), Union (78%), Walker (85%), Walton (82%), Ware (87%), Wilcox (86%), Worth (85%)
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:
- Christian Newswire: Georgia Voters Say ‘YES’ to Personhood Amendment (21 July 2010) http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/391914486.html
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