Personhood Education

Lawsuit filed against the Director of the Office of Legislative Council and the State of Colorado to stop the dissemination of the biased and unfair analysis of Amendment 62 in the Colorado 2010 Blue Book.

Issues in Law and Medicine, Spring 2010 Issue: Unborn Children as Constitutional Persons, by Gregory J. Roden

An excellent legal brief by Cliff Zarsky, J.D. based upon and setting out a detailed legal argument for the personhood of the preborn.

A Historical Look at the Personhood of Preborn Children in State Laws, by Gregory Roden

• “Lord Hardwicke, discussing the same question [in Wallis v. Hodson (1740)], held that a child in the mother’s womb is a person in rerum natura, and that by the rules of the civil and common law ‘she [the child] was, to all intents and purposes, a child, as if born in her father’s life-time.’”  Nelson v. Galveston, 14 S.W. at 1022.

**FULL DOCUMENTATION of Planned Parenthood Lawsuit Against the 2008 Colorado Personhood Amendment**

• Includes Planned Parenthood Briefs and Motions, Personhood Answers, and Court Orders

Personhood Legal Strategy: A PATH TO VICTORY by Gualberto Garcia Jones J.D.

• While Personhood efforts seek to educate, they also have a definite legal endgame.  This memo outlines some of the legal considerations to Personhood.

Colorado 2008 Amendment Legal Questions and Answers

• A Legal Memo from Robert Muise, Staff Attorney for the Thomas Moore Law Center where he answers point by point, and question by questions, the issues presented by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.  Such questions include, concerns about the single subject requirement for initiatives.

Why National Right to Life Opposes Personhood: James Bopp Memorandum

• National Right to Life believes that Roe v. Wade should not be challenged, that incrementalist laws that allow for most abortions to continue to be legal is the only way, and that personhood is a pie in the sky endeavor.

Why James Bopp and National Right to Life are dead Wrong: Robert Muise Response

• Now is the right time to challenge Roe v. Wade head on, Personhood legal arguments have never been given a shot, incremental laws only entrench abortion.

Dissertation on the Constitutionality of Personhood: Professor Charles Lugosi

• Article Appearing in Issues in Law and Medicine that explores, in depth, the consitutional foundation of personhood, from slavery to abortion.

Notre Dame Law School Professor Emeritus Charles Rice on State Personhood Amendments

• “I understand that certain pro-life organizations oppose the petition drive to place this proposal on the Michigan ballot.  That opposition, in my opinion, is irresponsible.  The proposal is prudent, timely, and positive.”  Professor Charles Rice