Colorado Personhood Ballot Initiative Must Replace 15,000 Signatures in 15 Days
The Colorado Secretary of State has disclosed that 15,690 of the 79,648 signatures submitted by Personhood Colorado were invalid. Beginning today, March 4, Personhood Colorado will have 15 days, per state initiative law, to replace the signatures. Every ballot initiative campaign faces the challenge of validating signatures. Incorrect, illegible, or old addresses are typically the culprits, as petition signatures must match the recorded registered voter's address. "This is not unexpected news," commented Keith Mason, co-founder of Personhood USA. "We anticipated that this 15 day curing period would be evoked, and we have been diligently preparing to get over 1,000 signatures each day of the 15 day period. It will be a challenge, but we are ready to get started."
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Revised Abortion Regulation Passes Utah House, Senate
A pregnant woman in Utah who intentionally causes the death of her baby "outside legal medical care" could be prosecuted for criminal homicide under a bill that was introduced and approved by the Legislature on Friday. HB462, which is an amended version of HB12, removes the word "reckless" behavior but retains "intentional" acts by the woman that cause an abortion as grounds for a charge of aggravated murder. The measure doesn't change the state's legal abortion statutes but establishes Utah as the only state to set parameters on when a woman can be held criminally responsible for causing the end of a pregnancy at her own hand or means outside a doctor's care.
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Thousands Rally In Spain Against Abortion Law
Tens of thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators have gathered in at least four Spanish cities to protest a new law that allows abortions without restrictions for up to 14 weeks. Organizers' spokesman Victor Gago says one march, carrying banners of "Yes to life," blocked the capital's central Sol square. Spain's Senate approved the new bill late last month after it had been approved by the lower house in December. It is due to come into force later this year. The bill brings traditionally Roman Catholic Spain in line with its more secular neighbors in northern Europe.
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Toy Balloons Released Into Sky in Russian Far East Anti-Abortion Video
An anti-abortion video in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, entitled Silent Scream, gathered some 30 participants on Sunday who symbolically released black and red toy balloons with unborn children's names into the sky, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. Women in Russia, whose population is 142 million, undergo some 1-1.5 million abortions annually in line with official statistics. But the flash mob participants released toy balloons to the sound of a bell ringing each six seconds, which they said was due to unofficial statistics, in line with which an unborn child dies in Russia during an abortion each six seconds, which is four-five times the official figures.
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City, Pro-Life Activists Settle Lawsuit
YORK, PA -- Settlements have been reached in two federal lawsuits involving anti-abortion activists who claimed their First Amendment rights were violated by the city, according to the parties involved. Two men sued York in connection with incidents near the Planned Parenthood clinic. Edward Snell, of Harrisburg, sued the city after he was arrested in 2004 in Rose Alley, behind the organization on Beaver Street, where he was trying to hand out literature and speak to people entering the clinic. In his suit, Snell claimed he was wrongfully arrested for refusing to leave the alley and that police used excessive force. He was found not guilty of disorderly conduct. John McTernan, of Millersville, said in his own lawsuit that in 2005 he was threatened with arrest by a police officer in the same alley, where he was holding an anti-abortion sign.
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Miracle on 9th Street: Victory In Court For Anti-Abortion Citizen
The Recap of my Injunction Trial -- A victory in court for any anti abortion citizen is nothing short of a miracle, especially when it involves the infamous Milwaukee injunction. I cannot think of anyone that has won an injunction case until now. I was very zealous in asking for prayer, and I'm convinced that was the main reason I won. It was helpful that the pro aborts had a weak case against me. I certainly did not intend to violate that injunction, and they had the burden of proving it. It was also debatable if I even violated the injunction at all. Additionally, I had an outstanding attorney, Russell Jones, that was able to find legal issues that have never been raised before.
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