Personhood

2010 Colorado Personhood Initiative Will Define Life Even Earlier Than 2008 Initiative

The Colorado Independent | Joseph Boven | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver


A version of the anti-abortion initiative soundly defeated by Colorado voters in 2008 is making its way to the 2010 ballot, this time reworked as an "...

Is Contraception Murder?

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics


Reproductive Justice

The protesters I spoke with in Wisconsin believe that "the morning-after pill" is the equivalent of murder. They even believe that the birth control pill is a form of murder.

American Life League: Anti-Abortion "Personhood" Measures Really Will Hurt All Pregnant Women

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


Lynn M. Paltrow

What the American Life League provides is a defense of court orders forcing pregnant women to have cesarean surgery against their will.

Do People Who Support "Traditional Values" Value Pregnant Women?

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living


Lynn M. Paltrow

Sixty-one percent of women who have abortions are already mothers, and another 24 percent will go on to become mothers. 85 percent of all women bring life into this world.

How PersonhoodUSA Will Hurt All Pregnant Women

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Lynn M. Paltrow

What supporters of PersonhoodUSA don't mention is that if the unborn have legal personhood rights, pregnant women won't. This means that pregnant women lose their basic civil rights.

Extremism in Colorado

Cristina Page | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Cristina Page

The groups supporting Amendment 48 represent the most extreme wing of the right to life movement. They seek to change the Colorado constitution to grant a fertilized egg the status of a human being.