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We're talking about a microscopic fertilized egg in a petri dish, not a child or a fetus. It is a blastocyst - a few undifferentiated cells. How do you give rights to a cell? Ray Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anderson, Lowell Bruce" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:37 PM Subject: Colo. "Personhood" Amendment >A recent message states: > > DENVER (MyFOXColorado.com) - A proposed constitutional amendment could > make Colorado a national battleground on the issue of abortion. Tuesday, > a victory of sorts for a group pushing an amendment that would define a > fertilized egg as a person. Colorado for Equal Rights turned in 37 boxes > and 131,245 signatures it needs to place the "Personhood Amendment" on > November's ballot. It needed to turn in just over 76,000 signatures. "We > had over 1,100 volunteers around the state. We covered over 500 > churches," says amendment sponsor, Kristi Burton. "We believe the > Colorado Constitution was created to protect every person. So, the > question we're asking is--who is a person?" says Burton. I don't think > the definition of a person is a personal decision. That is a scientific > definition," says Burton. The 20-year-old says medical technology > clearly shows an unborn child is a person. "There's 4-D ultrasounds. > There's incredible medical evidence that an unborn child is a person," > says Burton. > > I agree that this so-called evidence is incredible. > > Bruce Anderson > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn