Washington, DC (02 November 2009) – Alaska residents have launched a petition drive that could make the state the first in the nation to recognize human rights for all human beings.
Personhood Alaska sponsor Christopher Kurka is coordinating the drive to get 30,000 Alaska voters to sign the petition before it appears on the ballot.
The personhood movement seeks to recognize all human beings from the biological beginning of their development as persons and as such, entitled to equal protection under the law. Alaska is the eighth state to launch a campaign for a personhood amendment to the state constitution.
The other states are Missouri, California, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Michigan and Nevada.
“America’s last frontier could be America’s first state to recognize human rights for all,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. “This amendment campaign is a historic step toward real social justice in Alaska and the nation.”
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
KTUU: Initiative underway for ‘legal personhood' status for fetus (29 October 2009) http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11411846
PersonhoodUSA:
http://www.personhoodusa.com/
American Life League: Personhood
http://all.org/personhood/
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American Life League
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