Georgia
2013
Senator Loudermilk is the primary sponsor of a bill (Senate Resolution 420) to put personhood on the Georgia ballot in 2014. SR 420 proposes to add to the Georgia state constitution the following:
This
state shall recognize the paramount right to life of all human beings as
persons at any stage of development.
2012
During the Republican Primary, Georgia Right to Life included
Question 5 on the Republican
ballot:
Do you support an amendment to the Georgia state constitution so as to provide that the paramount right to life is vested in each human being from the earliest biological beginning until natural death?”
Sixty Six percent
of Republicans voted yes on Question 5.
2011
Representative Franklin introduced HB 1:
A fetus is a person for all purposes
under the laws of this state from the moment of conception.
Senators Loudermilk, Williams, Rogers,
Bethel, Hill and Gooch introduced SR 153, an
amendment to the Georgia state constitution :
With respect to the fundamental and
inalienable rights of all persons guaranteed in this Constitution, the word
'person' applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, race, sex, health,
function, or condition of dependency, including unborn children at every stage
of their biological development regardless of the method of creation, whether
through fertilization, cloning, or a functional equivalent.
SR 153 died in
the Rules Committee.
2010
Georgia Right to Life introduced a non-binding “party” question on local
party ballots:
right to life is vested in each human being from their earliest biological beginning until natural death
The non-binding question passed with 75% of the vote.
2008
Representatives Franklin, Everson, Scott, Loudermilk
and England introduced HB 1:
A fetus is a person for all purposes
under the laws of this state from the moment of conception.
2007
Representatives Scott, Byrd, Everson, Davis and Crawford
introduced HR 536:
The rights of every person shall be
recognized, among which in the first place is the inviolable
right of every innocent human being to life. The right to life is the
paramount and most fundamental right of a person. With respect to the fundamental and inalienable
rights of all persons guaranteed in this Constitution, the word 'person'
applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, race, sex, health, function,
or condition of dependency, including unborn children at every state their
biological development, including fertilization.
(last updated
2013 Mar 2)
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The Petition
Dear Georgia Lawmaker:
Every year that goes by, over one million children in the womb are brutally murdered through abortion.
The key to unraveling this tragedy is a simple one and it has been known since before Roe v. Wade.
It is Personhood.
During oral argument of Roe, Chief Justice Warren Burger explained to pro-abortion attorney Sarah Weddington that by declaring “by statute that a fetus is a person for all constitutional purposes” a state could outlaw abortion.
By stripping personhood from the unborn, their right to life was revoked. By returning personhood to the weak and the powerless, we can restore their dignity and right to life as human beings. It really is that simple.
African slaves were denied their personhood and were therefore treated as property, bought, sold, and bred as animals. Jews were not considered full persons, so their property could be confiscated and their people eliminated. When Spanish conquistadors colonized America, many wealthy landowners fought to convince the Spanish crown that non-Christian “indians” were not legal persons and could therefore be enslaved.
Personhood is the key to all human rights.
That is why at the heart of the Roe v. Wade opinion is the following heartless pronouncement, written by Justice Blackmun, “the word ‘person’ ... does not include the unborn.”
Not once, since 1973, has the Supreme Court been challenged to reconsider Blackmun’s terrible words.
With federal and judicial tyranny at its apex, we the undersigned request that our Georgia legislators stand up for life in a bold and principled way.
We, the undersigned urge you to support a personhood measure that recognizes that the preborn child is a person with the unalienable right to life.
We, the undersigned expect you to stand up for the values of the people of Georgia by no longer cowering to a federal and judicial tyranny that mandates the destruction of our morals, our families, and our posterity.
We, the undersigned will hold you accountable for your action or inaction in bringing about and supporting a personhood measure, and we will vote accordingly.
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