The International Pro-Life Movement: Calling a Summit of Leaders

Around the world, the pro-life movement is rallying around efforts to recognize the basic rights of human beings and protect life from conception to natural death.

These monumental efforts will change the course of those nations in the 21st Century just as the end of the slave trade changed the course of civilization around the turn of the 20th Century.

The Dominican Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Colombia, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States, and so many others are leading the campaign for the culture of life.

We share many of the same goals, struggles, and experiences but also have much diversity. What can we learn from each other?

How can we support one another? How can we partner in order to advance

the culture of life together?

That’s what the Personhood Summit is all about. You’re invited to join us as we explore ways to partner together in mutual support of the value of human life.

Ashley talks about her firsthand experience with rape, the regrettable decision to abort her child, and her plea to other women to not make the same mistake.

From Alveda King, Pastor Walter Hoye and our friends at the National Black Pro-life Coalition:

PERSONHOOD GETS IT RIGHT

Recognizing personhood as intrinsic to being human in the Constitution of the United States of America, would have averted slavery, concentration camps, the slaughter of Native Americans, the second class citizenship of women, the shedding of innocent blood in the wombs of our mothers and close the door to the euthanization (from the Greek εùθανασíα meaning “good death”) of our elderly. Personhood is the only Pro-Life strategy in our country today that does not embrace exceptions or legislative models of compromise. Personhood understands that from the beginning of our biological development, regardless of whether we were sexually or asexually reproduced,¹¹ every human life has equal moral value simply because we are human. In the end, when the Pro-Life movement stands victorious by the grace, mercy and shed blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, when every life is respected and protected by love and by law, victory will look like Personhood. Personhood gets it right.”

Colorado Personhood Coalition wins again at the Colorado Supreme Court

Personhood Colorado has been notified that Planned Parenthood has lost their lawsuit to keep the Personhood amendment off of the 2012 ballot, and the amendment is set to move forward.

Despite an unsuccessful lawsuit in 2008, Planned Parenthood once again attempted to deny voters the opportunity to vote on the Personhood amendment, and they have failed once again.

Planned Parenthood is the largest and wealthiest abortion provider in the United States, reporting over 1 billion dollars in assets, yet still receiving hundreds of millions every year in federal funding. http://issuu.com/actionfund/docs/ppfa_financials_2010_122711_web_vf?mode…

“Of course it does not surprise us that Planned Parenthood continues to attempt to silence the personhood message nationwide,” commented Jennifer Mason, Personhood USA Spokesperson and Colorado resident. “Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion profiteer. No matter what amendment we attempt, they oppose us, ignoring the scientific fact that human life begins at conception. They don’t want abortions to decrease, because they want to continue to profit off of vulnerable women who need help. We expect that Planned Parenthood will continue to attempt to thwart our efforts because they decry any and all restrictions to abortion – which translates to restrictions to their billion dollar profit.”

The 2012 Colorado Personhood Amendment is the first of its kind, with unique language never before filed in the United States. The language of the amendment clearly addresses issues such as IVF and contraception. The full language of the new amendment is available at http://www.personhoodcolorado.com.

“The unanimous decision by the Colorado Supreme Court proved that there is no question that this is a single subject issue and ready to go before the voters,” explained Gualberto Garcia Jones, J.D., Legal Analyst for Personhood Colorado. “Once again, Planned Parenthood has frivolously attempted to stand in the way of the people’s right to petition, just as they stand in the way of truth, and in the way of the right to life of every preborn child.”

Personhood Colorado volunteers have until August 6 to collect 85,853 valid signatures from Colorado voters. The amendment is sponsored by radio host and Pastor Kevin Swanson and Rosalinda Lozano of Rachel’s Vineyard.

This is the third attempt to pass a Personhood amendment in Colorado since 2008.

“Our perseverance in Colorado is in response to the lifelong battle we wage against abortion,”continued Garcia Jones. “We will not rest, until every born and preborn child is protected by love and by law.”

To view the full documentation of the lawsuit please visit our Colorado 2012 Personhood Lawsuit Page

Over five months of hearings and draft proposals and after almost 70 pages of documentation, the Office of Legislative Council adopted ZERO arguments from the proponents while adopting the very language, tone, and tenor of the opposition.  This resulted in a manifestly partial, unfair, and biased ballot analysis going out on the tax payer expense to every registered voter in Colorado.

The Blue Book being mailed, is in clear violation of Colorado Constitution, Article V, § 1(7.5), requiring the non-partisanresearch staff of the General Assemblyʼs Legislative Council to provide a fair and impartial analysis of each measure, which shall include a summary and the major arguments both for and against the measure.

The blue book contains outright lies that will mislead voters, such as: that Amendment 62 would have the effect of preventing women from getting treatment for miscarriages, that Amendment 62 would result in prosecutions of medical professionals when they treat pregnant mothers, and that the term, “the beginning of biological development of a human being” has no basis in law, medicine, or science.  All of these assertions go further than representing opposing arguments, they are patent lies, and the state should not use tax payer money to promulgate them.

The proponents of Amendment 62 demand the Office of Legislative Council issue a retraction to every person who has received a blue book, and we ask the courts to put a stop to the printing and further mailing of this biased and unconstitutional Blue Book.

Otherwise, the state will have joined forces with Planned Parenthood, the abortion industry, the and the political establishment to prevent the voters of the state of colorado from receiving both sides of the argument regarding Amendment 62.

You can read the complaint by clicking on the link below.

Garcia Hanks v State

Preface
The featured article, by legal scholar Gregory J. Roden, discusses the
question whether unborn children are “persons” within the language and
meaning of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Because there is no
constitutional text explicitly holding unborn children to be, or not to be,
“persons,” his examination is founded on the historical understanding and
practice of the law, the structure of the Constitution, and the jurisprudence
of the Supreme Court.
In Roe v. Wade, the state of Texas argued that “the fetus is a ‘person’
within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.” The
Supreme Court responded in its majority opinion that “[i]f this suggestion
of personhood is established, the appellant’s case, of course, collapses, for
the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment.”
Unfortunately, the majority’s legal analysis arrived at the opposite
conclusion, “that the word ‘person,’ as used in the Fourteenth Amendment,
does not include the unborn.” It is the majority’s legal analysis that Mr.
Roden examines in fine detail.
First, Mr. Roden points out that the Constitution does not confer upon
the federal government the power to grant or deny “personhood” under the
Fourteenth Amendment. Rather, the power to recognize or deny unborn children as holders of certain statutory and common law rights and duties has historically been exercised by the states. The Roe opinion and other Supreme Court cases implicitly recognize this function of state sovereignty.
Second, he demonstrates that, at the time Roe was decided, the states
had exercised this power and held unborn children to be persons under their
criminal, tort, and property law. Because of the unanimity of the states in
holding unborn children to be persons under criminal, tort, and property
law, Mr. Roden argues that the text of the Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment compels federal protection of unborn children as
persons. Furthermore, he shows that to the extent the Court examined the
substantive law in these disciplines, its legal conclusions were not warranted.
Finally, Mr. Roden illustrates the inconsistency of federal statutory law
with Roe, in that it also treats unborn children as persons by recognizing
their eligibility for federal entitlements.
Due to the length of the featured article, no other material is included
in this edition.
James Bopp, Jr., J.D.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Read the entire article here:

http://www.grtl.org/docs/ILM_Spring%2010.pdf

With the public’s attention piqued by the Personhood Amendments on the ballots of several states, the need for education on the personhood of the pre-born child is greater than ever.

Please watch out for our updated legal and medical resources, and coming very soon, a library of educational personhood videos.

Sincerely,

Gualberto Garcia Jones, J.D.

Director of Personhood Education