We Must Consider the Full Implications of Proposed Amendment
NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado Executive Director Emilie Ailts reponds to misleading commentary promoting "personhood-from-fertilization" amendment in Greeley Tribune. "Mr. Martin's claim that a proposed constitutional amendment to establish legal personhood from the moment of fertilization is "to the point" is disingenuous. While Martin provided the language of the initiative, he failed to explain the effect of the change on Colorado's constitution and the everyday lives of Coloradans. "Take, for example, Article 2, Section 6, which would read in effect, "Courts of justice shall be open to every person from the moment of fertilization." To date, proponents of this misleading constitutional amendment have refused to..." Read full letter to the editor
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