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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)
Statement of Mississippi Bishop Joseph Latino 2009 and 2011 on Initiative 26
Statement of Catholic Bishops of Montana Regarding Proposed Constitutional Amendment of CI-100, 2008.
Put Personhood Amendments Aside, Focus on Ending Abortion, Steven Ertelt, Editor,
Life News
Personhood Amendment in Mississippi Likely Won’t Ban Abortion, Steven Ertelt, Editor,
Life News
Mississippi Personhood Amendment Defeated
at the Polls,
Michael New, PhD.
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
"Nevada Pro-Life Coalition Amendment" Personhood
Initiative
January 11, 2012
The following is a joint statement with our Nevada Choose
Life Coalition colleagues regarding the "Nevada Pro-life
Coalition Amendment" personhood initiative.
Please view 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. 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.
We also believe that initiatives like these provide
political and financial windfalls to abortion advocates
and their candidates.
We do not consider support or opposition of the
personhood petition as an indication that an individual
or a candidate is Pro-life.
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, the
Nevada Pro-life Coalition Amendment.
Nevada Choose Life Coalition:
Nevada LIFE, Don Nelson President
Nevada Eagle Forum, Janine Hansen President
Nevada Right to Life, Melissa Clement, President
Independent American Party, John Wagner, Chairman
Nevada Families Association, 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)
Statement of Mississippi Bishop Joseph Latino 2009 and 2011 on Initiative 26
Statement of Catholic Bishops of Montana Regarding Proposed Constitutional Amendment of CI-100, 2008.
Put Personhood Amendments Aside, Focus on Ending Abortion, Steven Ertelt, Editor,
Life News
Personhood Amendment in Mississippi Likely Won’t Ban Abortion, Steven Ertelt, Editor,
Life News
Mississippi Personhood Amendment Defeated
at the Polls,
Michael New, PhD.
The Blackmun Myth Pro-lifers should be realistic about their short-term goals. Clarke
Forsythe, American's United for Life.
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