Thanks to the efforts of thousands of dedicated pro-lifers, Personhood Colorado has collected and submitted enough signatures to put the Colorado Personhood Amendment up for a vote. Assuming enough signatures are verified by the state, the amendment will appear on the ballot for voters to decide in the November elections.

    The amendment would change the state constitution to apply the term “person” to “every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being.” Unborn children would thus get the same right to life that born persons enjoy, effectively outlawing abortion.

    Assuming the signatures are verified, the amendment will be placed on the ballot as an initiative for voters to approve or deny.

    Personhood Colorado led the campaign to gather the 76,047 signatures of registered voters required to get an initiative on the ballot. The organization submitted 79,817 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State.

    Thousands of pro-life volunteers worked tirelessly for weeks, gathering signatures without pay. The campaign had no paid staff members.

    “We are thrilled with these results. These signatures represent thousands of hours of hard work,” remarked Gualberto Garcia-Jones, co-sponsor of the amendment. “All of our volunteers are 100% committed to seeing that the dignity and personhood of preborn babies is recognized in Colorado, and it shows.”

    As with any signature campaign to get a proposition on the ballot, some signatures will be deemed invalid because they are not from legally registered voters. Should 3,771 signatures be thrown out, putting the campaign below the 76,047 threshold, pro-lifers will have an additional 15 days to gather more signatures.

    Colorado had a similar amendment on the ballot in the 2008 election that was rejected. But pro-lifers certainly have not quit and have no intention of doing so.

    “Our grassroots, volunteer campaign will continue to be a success, because we are working towards a very worthy cause -- protecting the lives of innocent Colorado citizens,” Garcia-Jones said. “The 79,817 signatures are an indicator that the people of Colorado are determined to protect innocent life; we will not rest until every child is protected by love and by law.”

    Personhood movements are underway in several other states for the November election, including Florida, California, Montana, Mississippi, and Missouri.

    An Associated Press article released Monday says Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority Leader, is pro-life. While Reid would like his conservative constituents to believe this, he has proven through his actions that he is in no way, shape, or form pro-life.

    The article, titled “Senate Leader Harry Reid faces tough re-election”, discusses Reid’s growing unpopularity among Nevada voters. The statement in question reads, “Reid, a Mormon, is conservative on gun control [and] opposes abortion rights.”

    However, Reid has cast consistently pro-abortion votes in the Senate:

•    Voted NO on an amendment that would prohibit the United Nations Population Fund from giving money to organizations that promote coercive abortion and forced sterilization. The bill failed 39-55.
•    Voted NO on defining the unborn child as eligible for state-funded health coverage. SCHIP is a federal program that finances health services to children of low-income families. In 2002 President George W. Bush instituted the “unborn child rule”, which allowed states to include unborn babies under those covered. But since this was an administration rule, not a law, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) offered an amendment to make the rule into law to prevent the Obama administration from ending the rule. The amendment failed 39-59.
•    Voted NO on restoring the Mexico City Policy. The policy prevented U.S. funds from going to any organization that performs or actively promotes abortion overseas. The policy was put into place in 1984 by Pres. Ronald Reagan, ended by Pres. Bill Clinton in 1993, restored by Pres. George W. Bush in 2001, and rescinded again by Pres. Obama in his third day in office. Sen. Mel Martinez offered an amendment to restore the policy again and override Obama’s executive order. The amendment failed 37-60.
•    Co-sponsors a bill (S. 487) that mandates federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, which requires the killing of human embryos to harvest stem cells, even though adult stem cell research does not require the death of human embryos and has proven far more successful. The bill is intended to solidify the mandate that Obama restored shortly after taking office.

Perhaps the most important pro-abortion action Reid has taken is supporting federally funded abortion through the “public option” in health care reform, which would be the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade.

It is clear as day that Harry Reid unequivocally supports the radical abortion agenda being pushed by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and all their anti-life buddies. Perhaps the AP should check its facts before publishing false claims such as this.

Today's New York Times article about the Obama decision to fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research raised the issue of legislative restrictions currently on the books.  In order for the President to get his wish of compleltely opening the floodgates of taxpayer funding for embryonic stem cell research that destroys human life, he needs Congress to lift the "Dickey-Wicker" amendment, named for its legislative sponsors:

The ban, known as the Dickey-Wicker amendment, first became law in 1996, and has been renewed by Congress every year since. It specifically bans the use of tax dollars to create human embryos — a practice that is routine in private fertility clinics — or for research in which embryos are destroyed, discarded or knowingly subjected to risk of injury.

For a time, the ban stood in the way of taxpayer-financed embryonic stem cell research, because embryos are destroyed when stem cells are extracted from them. But in August 2001, in a careful compromise, President Bush opened the door a tiny crack, by ordering that tax dollars could be used for studies on a small number of lines, or colonies, of stem cells already extracted from embryos — so long as federal researchers did not do the extraction themselves.

On Monday, Mr. Obama will throw open the door much farther with an executive order that will “make clear that the government intends to support” human embryonic stem cell research, said Harold Varmus, the president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, who advises Mr. Obama on science matters.

Congresswoman Diana Degette (D-Co), a long-time champion of embryonic stem cell research had this to say about the regulation that currently prevents your tax dollars from subsidizing the destruction of human life:

You know, Diana DeGette has been in Congress for 12 years now, and I think it is time we reviewed her policy priorities.  I've already talked to several pro-life Americans who don't want to pay for the destruction of human life, and they seemed open to finding new representation that accurately reflects their views in Congress.

Elections have consequences, folks.

EMILY's List, the nation's largest fundraising organization for pro-abortion female Democrats just threw its support behind newly appointed NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for 2010.

Gillibrand carries a 100% pro-abortion voting record in the House and was endorsed by EMILY's List in 2006 and 2008.  Some are speculating whether this will cause discord between the pro-abortion groups, as both NY Reps Caroline Maloney and Carolyn McCarthy already have support of other abortion organizations, like the Feminist Majority Foundation, for their own 2010 bids for the seat.

This ad is all the rage in pro-life circles.  Check out the latest, powerful ad to come from Catholic Vote.

With the announcement of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine being picked by president-elect Obama as the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), some in the media and progressive Christian groups are claiming that Kaine is pro-life.

 

Unfortunately, such an assertion couldn’t be further from the truth, as Kaine claims to be “personally pro-life” while fully supporting Roe v. Wade.   He even opposes overturning the decision.

Frankly, Kaine’s position is no different from John Kerry’s position as a presidential candidate in 2004. Furthermore, Kaine claims to oppose partial-birth abortion, but in reality only supports it being banned if it contains an exception for the “health” of the mother.  It may sound nice and accommodating, but allowing the "health" exception is simply a strategic loophole used by the pro-abortion lobby because in their world, 'health' can mean virtually anything.  In other words, partial-birth abortion can still happen any time and for any reason in Kaine's world.

Pro-Life Democrats shouldn't expect any radical changes to come from the DNC, but they should certainly pressure Kaine to put his money where his mouth is, to the furthest extent possible.

Politico has the details on what we can expect with the next round of Congressional reapportionment in 2012:

Politicos have been saying this bodes well for GOPers, who tend to do better in the South and Southwest.  However, final results will be contingent on which parties have control of the state legislatures and panels who make the final redistricting decisions in 2010.

It looks like Sarah Palin won't be fading away. Not if Saxby Chambliss has anything to say about it. "I can't overstate the impact she had down here," said Chambliss shortly after his surprisingly solid 15-point victory in the December 2 Georgia Senate runoff. Chambliss, who went from a 49.8-46.8 percent lead on November 4 to a 57-43 victory over Democrat Jim Martin in the runoff (Georgia law requires an absolute majority), credited Palin with helping his campaign "peak" with four hugely attended election-eve rallies. Read more after the jump.   more »

The victory of Saxby Chambliss tonight is a bright spot in this election that we all must savor! 

 

With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Saxby Chambliss defeated Jim Martin 58 to 42 percent. The SBA List aired radio ads statewide against Martin and mobilized members of Team Sarah to make get-out-the-vote calls to Georgia voters through an online phone bank.  On Monday we reached over 275,000 Georgia voters with a Get-Out-the-Vote message recorded by Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave.

 

Thanks to these efforts and the hard work of many pro-life volunteers, we were able to thwart the Democrats’ goal to reach a filibuster-proof majority of 60 in the U.S. Senate.  Go team!

(AP Photo/Jenni Girtman)

TODAY is the runoff election for Georgia Senate.  If you are in Georgia, be sure to head to the polls to vote for pro-life Senator Saxby Chambliss.  If you have friends and family in Georgia, make sure they turn out to vote today!

Governor Sarah Palin campaigned for the Senator yesterday, highlighting his pro-life credentials.  We need Senator Chambliss in Congress!  If he loses, the Democrats will be on their way to cementing a filibuster-proof, pro-abortion majority in the Senate -- the kiss of death for the confirmation of strict constructionist nominees for the courts.   

The Georgia run-off election for U.S. Senate is one week from tomorrow.  If you'd like to help, go to www.gop.com/phonebank to make GOTV calls to Georgia voters and remind them what is at stake!

After Obama's recent victory, pundits on both sides of the aisle are claiming America is lurching toward the left.  While it is clear our leadership is headed in that direction, Americans themselves have done little to abandon their support for conservative principles like protecting the innocent unborn.

Colleen Carroll Campbell of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (they do great research, check them out!) recently illustrated that conservatives have not disappeared:


I would add that 14 of the 15 GOP freshmen House members were supported by the House Conservatives Fund, a PAC dedicated to supporting candidates who embrace the values of Ronald Reagan, including respect for Life.   Those who won election (in a "bad" year for GOPers no less) were overwhelmingly conservative stalwarts.  The SBA List Candidate Fund endorsed four of the freshmen, Cynthia Lummis (WY-AL) and three freshmen men who defeated pro-abortion female Candidates:  Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-06), Steve Austria (OH-08), and Aaron Schock (Il-18).

Carroll Campbell goes on to say,

SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser offers her frank assessment of where the pro-life cause goes from here.  Read her interview with Kathryn Lopez on National Review Online!

Key Excerpt:

Dannenfelser: Yes, thought Susan B. Anthony did not have children, she had a core that embraced all human rights and human dignity. She stood up for rights for slaves, women, and unborn children. She lived consistently, as does Palin. She lived with backbone and determination and confidence. So does Palin. She was castigated by most, then many, then just a handful for pricking the consciences of the elites. So too Palin. She never backed down from her fight, and even though she died before she saw women’s suffrage, she never wavered. When you see Palin’s unblinking, confident, firm-jawed statements about the unborn and children with special needs and protection of women in Muslim nations, you can detect a lot of Susan B. Anthony’s spirit.

The results of today's election will impact our country for years to come.  Make sure you go vote for the pro-life ticket of McCain-Palin, and take your friends and family members with you!  Every vote matters, and elections often turn on a handful of votes -- make sure your votes are the ones to win for Life.

If you're unsure of where to go to vote, you can look it up on the SBA List website here.

Check back for live updates about pro-life candidates across the country all throughout the evening!

For more information about Barack Obama's record, check out www.sba-list.org/bornalive.

For a closer look or to print out the above piece, go here.

This attention-grabbing mailer is going to over half a million identified pro-life voters in Presidential battleground states this week. 

Pro-Lifers need to wake up to the truth of Barack Obama's extreme abortion record!

Noted researcher Dr. Michael New just released new data refuting claims from pro-life Obama supporters about how to most effectively reduce abortions.  His article outlines the evidence.  A key excerpt:


Update:  Here's a link to the more extensive version of Dr. New's research.

Dorinda Bordlee explains the three ways Barack Obama will use taxpayer dollars to advance his pro-abortion agenda in an NRO piece, "The Deadly Side of Spread the Wealth":

1. President Obama will spread the wealth to fund elective Medicaid abortions with your tax dollars.

2. More of your tax dollars will to go to fund Planned Parenthood, and the Crisis Pregnancy Centers in your neighborhood will be defunded.

3. Your tax dollars will fund organizations that perform or promote abortion overseas.

Read the full details here.

He's not messing around folks.

Enthusiasm for Governor Sarah Palin is high among families with special needs.  From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel:

Born Alive Truth is back with a new ad from abortion survivor Gianna Jensen.  The ad details Barack Obama's extreme position on failing to protect babies that survive abortions.

Listen LIVE today, Saturday, October 25 to the historic Million Woman Townhall!

The live stream is hosted by our friends at Townhall.com.  The call is live from 11:00AM to 1:00PM EST.

Go to www.townhall.com/blog to hear the call!