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Various Statements Regarding Personhood Initiatives |
Statement of the Colorado Catholic Bishops on
the 2008 Colorado Personhood Amendment
Statement from the FL Bishops Florida Personhood
Amendment
Reflections on Georgia House Resolution 536.
(Georgia Bishops)
The Blackmun Myth Pro-lifers should be realistic
about their short-term goals. Clarke Forsythe, American's
United for Life.
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Joint statement on
The NV Personhood Petition
November 15, 2009
The following is a joint statement opposing the Personhood
Petition recently submitted in Nevada with our pro-life
colleagues at Nevada Eagle Forum and Nevada Families.
See other statements on similar measures in other states
below the joint statement.
· Personhood Initiative Threatens Pro-Life Future
We believe in the fundamental right to life for ourselves
and our posterity--born and unborn, and the protection of
that right under law.
We believe that advancements in science, such as DNA, and
medicine, easily visible with sonograms, make the
personhood of the unborn a reality recognizable to all.
We believe that the courts are the greatest threat to the
unalienable right to life of the unborn. Roe v Wade has
brought about the wholesale killing of the innocent
unborn. We oppose abortion and support the right to life
of the unborn.
Unfortunately, we believe the "Personhood" initiative
petition filed in Nevada with good intent will not protect
the unborn or stop abortion. It is so vague and general
that it may not even apply to abortion at all.
In addition, a state personhood amendment cannot overturn
Roe v Wade.
This amendment will harm the Pro-Life movement by giving
pro-abortion courts more power to decide all matters
relating to abortion, such as parental notification,
informed consent, and taxpayer funding of abortion. These
matters should be decided by the elected representatives
of the people--state legislatures and Congress, not the
unelected courts.
Therefore, we the undersigned Pro-Life organizations and
individuals do not and cannot support Nevada's Personhood
Initiative. We appreciate the sentiments of those filing
the measure, but recognize that it will not protect the
unborn. It will end up giving unlimited power to the
courts to perpetuate and expand the disastrous effects of
Roe v Wade and will interfere further with any legislative
efforts to stop abortion.
We choose life. Therefore, we the undersigned oppose the
Nevada Personhood Initiative.
Name of organization and/or individual:
Nevada Life, Don Nelson President
Nevada Eagle Forum, Janine Hansen President
Nevada Families, Lynn Chapman
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Various Statements Regarding Personhood Initiatives |
Statement of the Colorado Catholic Bishops on
the 2008 Colorado Personhood Amendment
Statement from the FL Bishops Florida Personhood
Amendment
Reflections on Georgia House Resolution 536.
(Georgia Bishops)
The Blackmun Myth Pro-lifers should be realistic
about their short-term goals. Clarke Forsythe, American's
United for Life.
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