Vote NO on Amendment 48
This fall, Colorado voters will be asked to amend our constitution to redefine “person” and to grant constitutional rights from the moment of fertilization. The proposed amendment is vague, dangerous and simply goes too far. It seeks to restrict women’s access to health care, it invites government intrusion into our personal lives, and, if it passes, it’s permanent.
The Protect Families Protect Choices Coalition is leading the campaign to defeat this dangerous measure.
Who we are:
Protect Families Protect Choices is a broad-based coalition of nurses, doctors, religious leaders, community groups and pro-choice advocacy organizations including the League of Women Voters, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains and many others.
What’s at stake:
Access to affordable health care is tough enough for many families in Colorado and this deceptively written ballot measure would make matters worse by putting women’s lives at risk and further restricting access to health care.
It is so vaguely worded that its true impact is impossible to predict but what we do know is bad enough.
• This amendment would ban all abortion, including in cases of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is at risk.
• If a pregnant woman were diagnosed with cancer, she may be denied access to life-saving medical treatment because it would endanger the fetus.
• This amendment is so extreme it could ban the most popular forms of birth control.
• This amendment attempts to place politicians and lawyers in the middle of our most personal, private medical decisions.
• The wording is so unclear it could open the door to government interference in decisions about birth control, infertility treatments and stem cell research.
The Colorado Constitution was created to protect us. Amending it should not be taken lightly and it should not be done at all for this deceptively written measure. If this proposed amendment were to pass, it would permanently change our constitution to restrict access to health care.
What you can do:
• Volunteer to help defeat the petition by contacting the Protect Families, Protect Choice Coalition: info@protectfamiliesprotectchoice.org.
• Contribute to the campaign to protect women’s health: info@protectfamiliesprotectchoice.org.
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