Personhood USA

Would Coors Put His Vote Where His Money Is and Co-Sponsor Personhood Bills?

Jason Salzman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Matt Ball, Personhood USA, Joe Coors, Gualberto Garcia Jones, Coloradopols, Personhood Amendments, Colorado Personhood, Denver News
Jason Salzman

Congressional candidate Joe Coors gave $1,000 to Personhood Colorado in support of its efforts to pass a personhood amendment in 2010. So would Coors put his vote where his money is:

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Laura Bassett

Obama Presents Dramatically Different Stance On Abortion From Republican Rivals'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Gingrich, Abortion, Reproductive Freedom, Video, Roe v. Wade, Abortion Rights, Personhood USA, Reversing Roe vs Wade, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Abortion Rights, Obama Roe v. Wade, Right to Choose, Roe vs Wade, Pro-Abortion Rights, Politics News

Drawing a stark contrast between himself and the Republican presidential candidates on the issue of women's reproductive rights, President Barack Obam...

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How To Defeat Personhood USA

Jason Stanford | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Sarah Flowers Personhood, Personhood USA, Video, Mississippi Campaign Personhood, Sarah Flowers Mississippi, Sarah Flowers 26, Planned Parenthood, 76 Words, No on 26, Politics News
Jason Stanford

The lead consultant to the campaign that stopped Personhood USA in Mississippi last November thinks she's found the silver bullet to stop them: having honest conversations with voters.

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Laura Bassett

Iowa Drives GOP Field Far Right On One Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Abortion, Gop Candidates Abortion, Michele Bachmann, 2012 Election, Ron Paul, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Iowa Caucuses, Rick Santorum, Personhood USA, Newt Gingrich, Gop Candidates Personhood, Iowa Caucus 2012, Rick Perry, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In the competition for the toughest anti-abortion stance in Iowa, GOP candidates this week have adopted more extreme positions on aborti...

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Christina Wilkie

Ron Paul's Pro-Life Credentials Questioned By Personhood USA

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Personhood Pledge, Video, Ron Paul Iowa, 2012 Election, Ron Paul Pro-Life, Ron Paul Abortion, Elections 2012, Personhood USA, Ron Paul Personhood, Ron Paul 2012, Pro-Life, Ron Paul President, Ron Paul Personhood Pledge, Ron Paul Newsletters, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The intensity of Rep. Ron Paul's (R-Texas) pro-life beliefs was questioned by fellow conservatives Monday evening, when the group Person...

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Laura Bassett

Nevada Judge Rules Fetal Personhood Initiative Misleading To Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Abortion, Pro Choice, Nevada Personhood, Roe vs. Rade, Video, Personhood Birth Control, Fetal Personhood, Abortion Rights, Anti Abortion, Personhood USA, Pro-Life, Nevada Abortion, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Nevada's anti-abortion movement experienced a setback on Monday when a district judge ruled that a new fetal personhood ballot measure -...

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Laura Bassett

Newt Gingrich Signs Fetal Personhood Pledge

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Personhood USA, Video, Personhood Amendment, Newt Gingrich Personhood, Gingrich Personhood, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

Three Republican presidential candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Sen. Rick Santorum (Penn.), and Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), si...

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Laura Bassett

Newt Gingrich: Life Begins At 'Successful Implantation'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, 2012 Election, Personhood, Elections 2012, Personhood USA, Personhood Amendments, Newt Gingrich Abortion, Newt Gingrich Personhood, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich clarified his position on personhood Friday when he told ABC News' Jake Tapper that he b...

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Laura Bassett

'Personhood' Anti-Abortion Initiative Gets A Makeover In Georgia

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Video, Mississippi Personhood, Georgia Right to Life, Personhood, Personhood Amendments, Personhood USA, Georgia Personhood, Personhood-Abortion, Politics News

The national movement to define a zygote as a legal person failed a few weeks ago in Mississippi, but anti-abortion advocates behind two new "personho...

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Media Omission: Romney Supported Personhood Four Years Ago

Jason Salzman | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Gail Gitcho, Politico, Mitt Romney, Personhood USA, Robert George, Personhood Amendments, Las Vegas Sun, Denver News
Jason Salzman

The most fair and accurate way for journalists to describe Romney's position on personhood is to write that he's flip-flopped on the issue over the years.

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Colo. Anti-Choice Group Down, But Not Out

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Denver News, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Personhood Amendment, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Colorado, Mississippi Personhood, Video, Personhood Colorado, Personhood, Personhood USA, Denver Colorado, Colorado Amendment 62, Pro-Choice, Denver News

Personhood USA, the Colorado-based pro-life organization behind the recent failed "personhood" initiative that was struck down by more than 55 percent...

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Laura Bassett

Personhood Campaign Compares Abortion To Slavery

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Personhood USA, Personhood Mississippi, Video, Personhood Florida, Black-Abortion, Politics News

Mississippi voters dealt a huge blow to the national "personhood" campaign on Tuesday when they voted down a measure that would have granted legal rig...

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Laura Bassett

'Personhood' Campaign Pins Mississippi Failure On Planned Parenthood

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Personhood Mississippi, Personhood USA, Video, Planned Parenthood, Personhood Movement, Politics News

An extreme measure that would have given legal "personhood" status to undeveloped zygotes failed among ultra-conservative Mississippi voters Tuesday n...

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Laura Bassett

Mississipi 'Personhood' Law Leaves Legal Questions Beyond The Ballot

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Abortion, Proposition 26, Video, Mississippi-Abortion, Mississippi-Personhood, Haley Barbour, Personhood USA, Personhood Amendments, Politics News

If Mississippians vote to pass an unprecedented initiative on Tuesday that would declare a fertilized egg a legal person under the state Constitution,...

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The War on Women You Haven't Heard of

Nancy Keenan | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Parental Notification, War on Women, Mississippi, Mississippi-Personhood, Haley Barbour, Ballot Initiative, Anti-Abortion Bill, Personhood, Mitt Romney, Personhood USA, Personhood Amendments, Initiative 26, Birth Control, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Nancy Keenan

Anti-choice extremists never take their eye off the prize: making abortion illegal in the United States. Right now, they have their sights set on Mississippi.

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Failed Colo. 'Personhood' Initiative Lives On In Miss.

AP | By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Abortion, Personhood USA, Personhood Amendments, Anti-Abortion, Colorado Personhood Amendment, Video, Mississippi-Personhood, Pro-Choice, Denver News

JACKSON, Miss. -- A national effort to put abortion bans into state constitutions is looking for its first victory next month in Mississippi, where vo...

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Laura Bassett

Mexican Supreme Court Rules In Reverse 'Roe v. Wade'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Abortion, Video, Mississippi Personhood, Mexico Personhood, Roe v. Wade, Mexico-Supreme-Court, Personhood USA, Personhood Amendments, Mexico Abortions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court of Mexico fell one vote shy of overturning Baja California state's "personhood" amendment on Wednesday night, ensuring...

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Laura Bassett

As Mississippi Debates Extreme 'Personhood' Amendment, Advocates Ask Where Are The Dems?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Personhood USA, Video, Personhood Amendment, Mississippi-Abortion, Mississippi-Personhood, Personhood, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Mississippians are set to vote on a ballot measure this November that would redefine the word "person" in the state constitution to incl...

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Weekly Pulse: On Health Care Repeal, House GOP Full of Sound and Fury

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suzy Khimm, American Independent, House, Kelle Louaillier, Cbo, Washington Monthly, Repeal, Patrick Caldwell, Obesity, Kevin Drum, Snack, Congressional Budget Office, Mush, Louaillier, Alternet, Steve Benen, Harry Reid, Bonnie Azab Powell, Insurance, Mother Jones, Advertising, Child, Health Care Reform, Personhood USA, Affordable Care Act, Food, Aca, Cartoon, Grist, Senate, Pepsico, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger House Republicans will hold a symbolic vote to overturn health care reform on January 12. The bill, ...

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Amendment 62: Insulting, Hurtful and Demeaning

Rev. Dawn Duval | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personhood USA, Personhood Amendment, Amendment 62, Birth Control, Abortion, Personhood Colorado, Naacp, Colorado Ballot Initiatives, Denver News
Rev. Dawn Duval

The truth about Amendment 62 is that it eliminates a woman's right to make private decisions about her body, her health, and her future.

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Tim Tebow's Mom Supports 'Personhood' Amendment In Colorado

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion Rights, Personhood USA, Personhood Amendment Colorado Colorado Ballot Initiatives, Tim Tebow, Abortion, Colorado Amendment 62, Pam Tebow, Video, Denver News

The mother of Broncos rookie quarterback Tim Tebow is taking a public stand in support of Amendment 62 on the Colorado ballot, the so-called Personhoo...

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Dan Maes Says He's

The Colorado Independent | Scot Kersgaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personhood USA, Scott McInnis, Abortion, Colorado Amendment 62, Colorado GOP, Colorado Governor's Race, Dan Maes, Denver News

LAKEWOOD-- GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes, coming off of victory over six-term Congressman Scott McInnis in the GOP state assembly this weekend,...

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Colorado Abortion Ban Will Be On Ballot In 2010

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personhood USA, Bernie Buescher, Colorado Ballot Initiative, Colorado Secretary of State, Colorado Abortion Ban, Abortion Ban Colorado 2008, Abortion Ban Colorado, Denver News

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Colorado Personhood Amendment Supporters Say They Now Have Enough Signatures To Make Ballot

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personhood USA, Colorado Ballot Initiative, Colorado Secretary of State, Colorado Personhood, Personhood Colorado, Colorado Secretary of State Personhood Rejected, Personhood Signatures, Personhood, Denver News

DENVER — Colorado abortion opponents say they have enough signatures to put an abortion-ending proposal on the ballot this fall – potentia...

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Roe v. Wade, "New" Science, & the Old Geography of Pregnancy

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Abortion, Abortion Rights, Roe vs Wade, Personhood USA, Politics News
Lynn M. Paltrow

Today, on the thirty-seventh anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we thought it would be valuable to fact-check the claims of the pro-life group PersonhoodUSA.

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