It seems that the efforts of the personhood amendment zombie promoters, who’ve now revived themselves for the 3rd time in 6 years, may actually succeed this time – horror of horrors. According to The Colorado Springs Independent (‘Personhood by any other name’, p. 12), while a reasonable person might expect Colorado Amendment 67 to “go down in flames come Nov. 4th", a Sept. 26th email from Planned Parenthood showed it actually passing!
Why? According to the piece:
“Although
Amendment 67 redefines the unborn as people …..supporters have sold this bill
as something more popular: a law intended to create penalties for forcibly
causing a woman to miscarry”.
In other words, these reprobates are framing it as a “woman friendly” bill which effectively provides right wing leverage in the war on women. Hence, a majority of voters appear to be leaning to it for this reason, and in a year when Democratic Party capital is down – and in a purple state- it could happen.
-
In
2004, Melissa Ann Rowland was charged with murder in Utah after one of her twins was stillborn.
Doctors had warned her to get a C-section and she refused. She eventually
received 18 months probation for the lesser counts of child endangerment.
-
In
2009, Samantha Burton showed signs of premature labor at 25 weeks pregnant. Her
doctor found she wasn’t in labor but
refused to allow her to leave a Florida
hospital for a second opinion and obtained a court order requiring Burton to undergo all
medical procedures the doctor advised. The baby, which was then removed by
C-section, was stillborn. Only later did a higher court agree the woman’s
rights were violated.
-
In
2010, Christine Taylor fell down the stairs after feeling lightheaded. After
confiding to a nurse she considered abortion at one point in her pregnancy she
was arrested for attempted suicide.
Rep.
Mike Foote had earlier tried to introduce legislation to enable criminal
penalties for forced miscarriages but this didn’t satisfy Surovik. She didn’t
just want a law that punished crimes against a pregnant woman, but against the
fetus – recognized as a full person in its own right.
No comments:
Post a Comment