Colorado View Magazine profiles Personhood proponent v opponent

Voters this fall will once again be asked to decide a state constitutional amendment that seeks to define a person to give legal rights to an unborn child. In March, Colorado Amendment 62, called the Personhood Amendment, was placed on the ballot after the Secretary of State certified nearly 100,000 signatures in support. Backers say the ultimate goal is to overturn Roe v. Wade.

A similar measure was defeated in 2008, 73 to 27 percent. Unswayed, proponents are not only back but have tweaked the language to make the language broader. A person is no longer defined from moment of fertilization. Now a person is given rights at the beginning of biological development. Backers say this change offers protection for the unborn during such things as in vitro fertilization. It also could potentially prohibit birth control methods that prevent implantation in the uterus.

Working tirelessly in support and in opposition of this controversial amendment are two accomplished, articulate women. Both are veterans in the political arena; both are passionate and unwavering in their beliefs. And both have devoted decades trying to defeat what the other stands for.

Leslie Hanks. Watkins. Vice President of Colorado Right to Life. Co-sponsor of Personhood Amendment 62.

The first toe-dip into politics for Leslie Hanks came in 1986 when she was asked to run for PTA president at her kids’ school in the Bennet 29 School District. She was a stay-at-home mom who was going to college to earn a degree in English. She agreed to run not knowing of the fight that soon would change the course of her life.

Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, she says she was completely apolitical. Her father was a jazz musician, her mother a traditional housewife who sometimes felt restless in the domestic world. “My parents were both highly opinionated so I come by it naturally,” jokes the 59-year-old mother of two and grandmother of eight. She has been married to the same man 39 years. She is at once cheerful and relaxed, without a hint of the contentiousness that often swirls around her chosen causes.

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I would go as far as saying, “How dare we not compare the Abortion Holocaust to the American Slave Trade" ?

Tough Questions Series – How Dare You Compare Abortion to The Holocaust or Slavery?

I have heard many people cry foul whenever any pro-lifer uses the Jewish Holocaust or slavery in America as a comparison to abortion. Many times at my talks someone will scold me during question-and-answer time, claiming to be offended that I would use such a comparison.

The problem they have is not really the fact that a comparison is being made to one of these horrific tragedies; after all, we build museums, memorials and reminders of what happened to make sure something like the Jewish Holocaust will never happen again. The problem really is that we have elevated what they consider to be a blob of tissue to personhood status.

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"America's last chance: Amendment 62" ~ Michael Moriarty

By Michael Moriarty
web posted October 25, 2010

My regular readers know me well enough to comprehend my seriousness about the curse that the Supreme Court loaded on the back of America in 1973, with its Roe v Wade decision legalizing abortion. Little did I know – historically challenged little me – that America's legalized abortion actually began in Colorado in 1967. Yup, the practice of murdering your own children with impunity began not 37 years ago, but 43.

That is half the length of time America took to finally end slavery.

Yup, Hollywood's Little Getaway Spot, with the ski trails of Aspen and the seven figure vacation homes, revolutionized America's very soul.Colorado did more to destroy America's "inalienable right to life" than even Dr. Evil and his Mini-Me have accomplished so far.

By that I mean, it was the elite, wealthy and influential of Colorado that actually began to beg for the arrival of a wannabe-Mao Zedong and his "Cultural Revolution" … or rather the "fundamental transformation of the United States of America."

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Predictably, Mr. Moriarty has been slammed by the Democratic Underground for his admiration of America's Declaration of Independence. Of course, there's also the little problem of the Law and Order episode, Dignity with its echos of Personhood for pre-born babies in the womb.

As American RTL noted, "Cutter virtually quoted the co-sponsor of Colorado's 2010 Personhood Amendment, Gualberto Garcia Jones, who launched the statewide ballot initiative holding his 10-day-old son at a press conference and saying, "Two weeks ago, my son had less rights than a dog or a cat." Speaking to District Attorney Jack McCoy, Cutter says, "My God, cats and dogs have more rights than the unborn."

Vote YES on CO's Personhood amendment 62 for more beautiful "Beginnings"!!

Incredible photographer of life, Anne Geddes, has a new book, "Beginnings" which the Huffington Post is featuring. (HT, Jillstanek.com)

Imagine that and ponder why!

I'm personally thinking that she may be wanting to soften a crowd not typically baby friendly.

Who knows, but her photos have the unmistakable handprint of God on every page!!

What artistry!

What vision . . .

"I saw a photograph of a bird's nest, which was an advertisement for what I thought was a photographic exhibition at a small gallery in Sydney. When I arrived, it was a showing of real birds' nests. I was deeply moved by these little nests, their incredible beauty and fragility, and the mothering instinct at work -- the ingenuity and energy channeled into creating a safe place to conceal the young. Everything about them was just so nurturing. And I began to think about these miracles of nature that are concealed in a repeating pattern of secrete, store, burst forth in abundance -- seeds, bulbs, cocoons and the miracle of pregnancy.

When I saw the nests, everything began to flow again; everything came back. I felt inspired to start photographing again. I came out of the exhibit and phoned my husband, Kel, and said, "I need to do another book. I just saw these amazing nests." The whole "Beginnings" project started from there.

The creative intensity of the project pushed me into deeper and deeper territory, giving me something far richer than I could ever have anticipated. I sometimes had to change course within my vision. I think you have to be able to say, "Wait a minute, this is closer to what I wanted to say," and not be afraid to do that. The evolution of the project attracted me as an artist and was fulfilling in the sense that I became aware of being inspired to explore my vision in new forms."

Thank You, Anne for so perfectly revealing the MIRACLE that is new life!!

Pam Tebow, Mother of Heisman Trophy Winner, Endorses Colorado Personhood Amendment 62

Contact: Jennifer Mason, Personhood Colorado, 202-595-3500 ext. 1

DENVER, Oct. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Pam Tebow, mother of five including Denver Bronco Tim Tebow, has endorsed Colorado's Personhood Amendment, Amendment 62, which is the only pro-life issue on the ballot anywhere in the U.S. in 2010.

"A child's right to life begins at conception, not at birth. From conception, all children are people, made in the image and likeness of God. Thus, I support the Personhood amendment and appeal to Colorado voters to vote "yes" on amendment 62," stated Pam Tebow, in support of Amendment 62.

Pam Tebow made headline news when she and Heisman-trophy winning son Tim Tebow appeared in a pro-life television ad during the 2010 Superbowl. The real headline story was not the ad, but Pam's refusal to let doctor's take her son's life while she was pregnant. The ad was sponsored by Focus on the Family, which has also urged Colorado voters to vote "Yes" on Amendment 62.

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What started in Colorado ends in Colorado!

In April of 1967 Colorado became the first state to legalize the killing of innocent unborn children.
More than 40 years, and a million broken lives later, in 2010, Colorado has an opportunity to be the first to end it.
Amendment 62 recognizes that all life is precious and that every child should be protected by love and by law.

Please watch this powerful video and share it with everyone you know!


And in November, vote yes on 62, it’s the right thing to do!!

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5

Great Great Granddaughter of Slaves Speaks out for Personhood

The Amendment 62 campaign in Colorado, seeking to legally protect every baby in the womb from the beginning of biological development, has been blessed by the presence of Lori Hoye and her husband Walter Hoye during the recent months of our campaign.

They have so very generously shared the personhood vision with churches all over Colorado from the perspective of the founders of the California Civil Rights Foundation and Issues4Life.

Lori's thoughts about the need to protect each life made in God's image, are particularly poignant as her family history
explains.

As the great great granddaughter of former slaves, I am ETERNALLY grateful that Abraham Lincoln DID risk the Union, fought the Civil War, and Abolished Slavery.

It is very easy to talk about practicality, pragmatism and polls when you are not the one wearing chains and being beaten on a daily basis. It’s easy to be patient when you are free. It’s another thing entirely when you’re the slave. The nearly 240
years that passed until the Thirteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution officially ended slavery in 1865 were an eternity for the slave. The past 37 years are an eternity for the preborn child.

In the black community every 72 seconds a preborn baby is being brutally murdered in the womb of his or her mother. The baby wants to live and expects those who have the power to save him or her to do it RIGHT NOW. Abortion has taken more lives in the African-American community in 37 years (over 14 million) than slavery took from Africa in more than 400 years (12 to 13 million African forbearers ripped from their homes and forcibly transported to the Americas in a massive slave trade
dating from the 1400s).

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State sued for “bias, lies” in describing Amendment 62

By Jack Minor

Organizers of Amendment 62, the personhood initiative, have filed a lawsuit against the state alleging “lies” about the measure printed in the Blue Book voting manual scheduled to be sent to voters. Sponsors of the amendment say this year's analysis of the proposal does not give voters a fair and balanced analysis of the initiative.

Dennis Hoshiko, a local onion farmer and one of the key figures behind the initiative, told the Gazette the state completely disregarded the detailed medical opinions provided by the group and instead relied totally on opinions from the opposition when printing the voter guide. Hoshiko said “the state’s allegation that the term ‘beginning of biological development’ has no basis in science is totally false. We provided them with multiple documents showing the term is well established in science.”

Gualberto Garcia-Jones, a co-sponsor of the amendment said "First, we were disallowed from including the text of the amendment in the 'Arguments For' section. The 'Arguments For' section is weak and does not include most of the arguments for Amendment 62. The Blue Book authors didn't stop there, however, and published several falsehoods about Amendment 62. Women could never be denied health care for miscarriages with the passage of Amendment 62, yet that is one of the lies our opposition is using as a scare tactic – and one of the lies propagated by the Colorado Blue Book.”



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'Notre Dame 88' get green light to grill college chief

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH

'Notre Dame 88' get green light to grill college chief
Obama protesters were arrested on university orders

Posted: September 23, 2010
12:20 am Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily


A judge in Indiana has approved a request to depose a key school administrator by lawyers representing the "Notre Dame 88," pro-life activists who were arrested on orders from the Catholic university while they protested the school's speaking invitation to the devoutly pro-abortion President Barack Obama.

The move is key to the Notre Dame 88's defense, because when the famed university cracked down on the Obama critics, Notre Dame President John Jenkins issued a statement that all protesters were treated equally on campus.

However, William Kirk, former Notre Dame associate vice president for residential life who recently was dismissed, may have first-hand knowledge that the university previously allowed "gay" rights and anti-ROTC protesters to operate on campus without a permit and without any charges being filed, according to the Thomas More Society, which is working on the pro-life activists' defense.

The organization reports that Kirk had served the university for many years but "was abruptly let go after it became public that, while Notre Dame had arrested and vigorously prosecuted pro-life demonstrators, in prior years the university filed no charges against gay rights and anti-ROTC activists who also had protested on campus without permission."

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Colorado sued over 'lies' in heated abortion battle

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Colorado sued over 'lies' in heated abortion battle
Personhood campaign alleges state agency 'analysis' loaded with 'bias'
Posted: September 21, 2010
8:05 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily


The organizers behind a Colorado pro-life initiative scheduled for the November election today filed a lawsuit against the state over "lies" about the measure in the official voter manual.

The manual, or Blue Book, is prepared before each election by the Colorado Legislative Council and is intended, according to the state agency's website, "to provide voters with the text, title, and a fair and impartial analysis."

However, sponsors behind the state's Amendment 62, the only "personhood proposal" on any election ballot in the nation this year, say it is anything but fair and impartial.

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Future football players of America ~ Choose Life!

Long time political activist and former Denver mayoral candidate, Steve Schweitzberger, blessed Colorado Right to Life today
with the gift of a fantastic batch of t-shirts sure to inspire some wonderful conversations during this our crazy political season in Colorful Colorado!

With Amendment 62 ~ the only personhood measure on the ballot in the country for 2010 ~ the climate for embracing life, is gathering strength daily.

This shirt says it all.

How many amazing future football players has Planned Parenthood sacked before they ever had a chance to see a football?

How many babies in utero today might be saved, if enough moms see this shirt before they choose PP to "solve" their current crisis?

Time will tell, but we pray that all of God's great gifts to our families will be embraced for the infinitely valuable persons that they are and will be ~ safe in their mother's wombs when Personhood is the law of the land!

Perpetuating racial genocide?

At last week's No on 62 pep rally for death, the same usual suspects gathered on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol to
bemoan how "dangerous" and "deceptive" personhood for "fertilized eggs" will be.

New on the scene, however, was a woman introduced as the Reverend Dawn Riley Duval. It would seem that she has been recruited to rebut the claims of chilling parallels between slavery and abortion that Amendment 62 spokesman, Pastor Walter Hoye, has been making all over Colorful Colorado. As founder of the California Civil Rights Foundation, Hoye has a deep abiding faith and vested interest in educating his people about the radical, racist and eugenic history of Planned Parenthood.



So it was especially jarring to hear Ms Duval begin her rant with, "This is the day that the Lord has made." One doesn't
anticipate hearing the name of Almighty God invoked at a pep rally for death.

Duval continued, "This deeply personal and painful moral decision is best left to a woman," said Rev. Dawn Riley Duval of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, "And her doctor and God!" she shouted to loud applause.

We must assume that this newest Planned Parenthood spokeswoman has not heard the statements of PP's founder, Margaret
Sanger.

Of particular interest to the black community should be this disturbing message, ""We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population," she said, "if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."



Colorado Right to Life has a long history of sharing this kind of insidious racial profiling by the abortion industry. We brought
Reverend Clenard Childress to address the Ministerial Alliance in 2006 and while his message largely fell on deaf ears, he planted seeds and so Pastor Hoye has been warmly received by several prominent Black churches in Denver.

Pastor Hoye will be speaking at a prayer rally at Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church in Aurora on September 17, 2010 sharing his message of Persons not Property and Why we Can't Wait to legally protect everyone made in God's image.

We will be delivering the DVD Maafa 21 to Ms Duval's pastor, with the prayer that the message of how abortion is decimating the black race and carrying on the legacy of death and destruction of the slave master mentality, will be shared.

Should the church be receptive to learning why personhood is the key to equality of justice for all ~ born and unborn,
we'd welcome Dawn's fiery passion to protect her people from those who have targeted them for extermination.

Our soulless "leaders" have historical amnesia

Senator,

I'm not surprised that you voted with the pro-abortion Democrats at the blue book hearing for Amendment 62 yesterday, but I'm sad for you that you continue to stand against the God given, inalienable right to life of every member of the human family, from the beginning of his or her biological development.

History will not judge you well, Senator.

Those who compromised with slave holders to continue the lie that black Americans were property are looked upon with disdain today.

Martin Luther King understood and expressed so eloquently why slavery was so evil, "In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men - yes, black men as well as white men - would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'"

For over 40 years, the innocent, helpless baby in the womb has been considered property ~ and America has defaulted in her responsibility once again.

As Thomas Jefferson said, "The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the chief and only legitimate object of good government."

The tide is turning, Senator.

“ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:5

For the innocent,

Colorado RTL Apologizes to Constituency for T Party Candidate

CRTL Apologizes to our Constituency

Prior to selecting a "pro-choice" running mate, and just hours after winning at the state assembly, Dan Maes told a pro-abortion media outlet:

“People are overestimating the personhood amendment. It simply defines life as beginning at conception. That’s it. Who knows what the intent of it is? They are simply making a statement. That is all I see it as. Do they have another agenda? I don’t know... Roe v. Wade is the law of the land, and people tend to forget that. I would not try to undo that.” -Dan Maes

In a private meeting shortly after making the above statement, Maes' said that he mispoke and "took it back." We at CRTL should have had more wisdom. We know that "pro-life" politicians typically tell us whatever they think is necessary to get our support. With Maes, we lowered our guard, hoping that a grassroots, tea-party-endorsed, self-proclaimed pro-personhood Republican candidate could be trusted. We see now that we were gullible. We apologize. With the fallen human nature, grassroots and tea-party candidates learn quickly, and can obviously be as deceptive to their base as any establishment politician. Dan Maes selecting a "pro-choice" Lt. Governor shows the apparent truth in his claim that he would not try to "undo" the bloodshed unleashed by Roe. Politicians who cared more about themselves then abolishing slavery held similarly hypocritcal positions. Yet Jesus said, Let your yes be yes, and your no be no. Even if Maes acknowledged the travesty of his LG selection, and dumped Williams, it is hard to see how he could be trusted. But still, for his own conscience' sake, he should do the right thing.

How emphatic does CRTL have to be before our "pro-life" politicians get the point? The only justifiable abortion policy is zero tolerance for child killing.




More ~ includes audio of Tambor Williams duplicity on human rights!

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Why We Can't Wait!

Why We Cannot Wait

Featuring Guest Speaker
The Rev. Walter Hoye of Oakland, CA

Amendment 62 Pastor Prayer Rally August 6, 2010

Walter is touring Colorado delivering a powerful lecture entitled: “Why We Cannot Wait” in support of Colorado’s historic Amendment 62 effort to outlaw the killing of innocent children. He says…

“On more than one occasion it has been suggested to me… to wait.

The cause is just, but wait.
The cause is worthy, but wait.
The cause is righteous, but wait.

Yet I can’t wait. You see, my people are dying.”

• The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), report that since 1973 more Black Americans have been killed in the womb than the total number killed by all other causes combined.
• Certain Americans, (unborn children) are denied their full humanity, and like the slaves of the past they are treated as property, to be disposed of at the whim of another.
• The number of children legally murdered each day in America exceeds the number killed on Sept. 11, 2001. We came together then. We must come together now. We must not wait!

Hear Pastor Hoye at Church in the City ~ August 6, 2010 ~ 7:00 P.M.
1580 Gaylord Denver

“Personhood and Amendment 62 give The Body of Christ an historic opportunity to right a grave injustice, save lives & evangelize! Let me tell you why today is the day; and what we can do together to bring the truth to Colorado and the world!” -Pastor Walter Hoye

Youth Defence boldly proclaims Project Truth! Woo Hoo 62!

The humanity and dignity of pre-born babies is apparently too hot to handle for Ireland and most of America ~ for that matter.

"This pro-life advert was previously banned by the Irish government who said it was too 'political' for the airwaves. Now Project Truth, first produced by Youth Defence in 1995, has been set to some amazing footage of the unborn child in the womb. It's challenging, thought-provoking, beautiful and sad. Show it to your friends. Spread the message."

Thank you, Youth Defence, for capturing the beautiful imagery of this precious little one, made in God's image!

Can't think of a better illustration of why Colorado voters should proudly cast their ballot for Amendment 62 this November.

Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Godly Black leaders endorse Colorado's Amendment 62!

"Each and every human being represents an inviolable dignity that comes not from men, but from God . . . and is not dependent on stage of development," Keyes said.





"Keyes and Mason were joined Monday by Walter Hoye, founder of the California Civil Rights Foundation, and Pentecostal Bishop Phillip Porter, founder of the All Nations Church of God in Christ in Aurora."

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To hear our newly released campaign radio ad listen here.

Amendment 62 launches portal MyCampaignTracker.org

Hi, Leslie Hanks here, co-sponsor of the personhood Amendment 62. I'm inviting you, and urging you, to come on over and see our revolutionary new Internet campaign tool, MyCampaignTracker.org!

The Campaign Tracker answers your question: How can I help? So to protect all preborn babies, please click and head on over to the Tracker right now! And if you'd like a bit more info, check out the p.s. below


For the Innocent,


Leslie Hanks
Colorado RTL (.org)

303-753-9394



P.S. Tracker background info -- On July 4th, 2010, Colorado's Amendment 62 personhood campaign launched a remarkable Internet tool, MyCampaignTracker.org. The Tracker will help our state secure recognition of the right to life acknowledged by America's Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life..."

We have human rights because we are made in our Creator's image and likeness and therefore we have a moral obligation to protect and love our children, born and preborn. MyCampaignTracker.org will encourage all of us in this grassroots personhood movement to reach our local communities across our state with our campaign message of Persons not Property, through November’s election.
[see full press release]

Colorado became the first state to legalize abortion for rape and incest in 1967. What started here ends here. The passage of Amendment 62 in 2010 can put an end to that horrific wrong, but for that to happen, your help is essential. Please go to MyCampaignTracker.org and see what you can do to stand in the gap for all those children who's lives are threatened by the abortionist.

If everyone who voted Yes on our 2008 personhood amendment gets one more voter this time, Amendment 62 will pass by a landslide! Then the inalienable God-given right to life of EVERY innocent baby, no matter how small, will be constitutionally recognized in Colorado.

"No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.” – Edmund Burke

And please donate so CRTL can win this fight!

Does America have any remaining Statesmen?

On this the eve of our nation's coming celebration of Independence Day weekend, can we take a moment to reflect and pray for our current crop of "leaders" ?

As we reflect about the statesmen who put their lives on the line for the good of their posterity in writing and signing the Declaration of Independence, Whatreallyhappened.com describes the painful legacy of what standing for truth, liberty and justice for all can really mean.

"Have you ever wondered what happened to the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence? This is the price they paid:

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the fifty-six fought and died from wounds or hardships resulting from the Revolutionary War.

These men signed, and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor!"

Today we have hearings on the most recent Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, who by all appearances, will further destroy our liberties but who also has scandalously aided and abetted infanticide, according to Jill Stanek's expose of Kagan's PBA promotion scheme.

And so we have congressional hearings with great scandal hanging overhead like the oil oozing over the Gulf of Mexico ~
and nary a statesman willing to demand accountability and stand up to a woman nominee!

Please pray that as we ponder the meaning of all the blood, sweat and tears shed so that America could be what Reagan
reminded us in his famous 1974 Shining City Upon A Hill speech, "our nation is chosen by God and commissioned by history to be a model to the world"

Pray that someone in our Congress will rise to the occasion and once again lead us to be an America we can be proud of ~ one no longer aiding and abetting the shedding of innocent blood!