Posted on 11/13/2007 5:00:44 PM PST by mdittmar
The Colorado Supreme Court today released a decision giving proponents the go-ahead for a ballot initiative that would amend the state Constitution in 2008 to define personhood as a fertilized egg.
Opponents of the measure, which would lay the constitutional foundation for making abortion illegal in the state, asked the court to reject the ballot title as misleading to voters.
The court ruled that the measure's wording is clear and meets state requirements in terms of covering a single subject.
The measure, if approved by voters, would extend constitutional protection from the moment of conception with regard to rights of life, liberty, equality of justice and due process of law.
The group pushing the measure, Colorado for Equal Rights, can now begin gathering the 76,000 signatures required to put the issue on the November 2008 ballot.
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is one of the reproductive-rights groups opposing the measure, which it said in a statement would have sweeping consequences for women using contraception to prevent pregnancy as well as for couples using in-vitro fertilization to start families.
Planned Parenthood has called the ballot initiative "deceptive and dangerous."
You are gravely mistaken in thinking that ANY law crafted by man cannot be twisted and abused by leftist justices that have no interest in deciding on the merits, precedent and original intent... by your reasoning we should all pack up and go home as we cannot win where the rules only apply to conservatives; THAT is not an acceptable stance... I know they will distort whatever is put before them but I cannot sit idly by...
If you are attempting to say that justices (and ACLU types) that consistantly go against the constitution be impeached then I agree with you 100%...
The term miscarriage implies that the fetus died of natural causes.
>> and its clear statutory language, has been manipulated by the far left to engineer results completely at odds with its intent.
I understand your point. It’s regrettable the legal process is perceived to be this twisted. To whatever extent it’s been damaged, it should be repaired in order to serve the innocence is was designed to protect.
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