John E. Archibold, Esq.
Co-Founder of: Americans United for Life,
National Right to Life, and Colorado Right to Life
“Many pro-life groups and lawmakers in the past 40 years have bobbed, weaved and swerved around the abortion crisis instead of confronting it head-on. Now overcoming the Roe decision by legally declaring that human beings are persons from the moment of fertilization is a real possibility. Pro-Life Dave needs your help.“
Dan Becker
President, Georgia Right to Life
President, Personhood Alliance
“In 2005, Pro-Life Dave introduced the first state Personhood Amendment in American History. He has been one of the earliest advocates for Personhood of the preborn. His contribution to our cause has been foundational.”
Since 2005, Pro-Life Dave has been encouraged by an ever increasing number of notable leaders and organizations who have added their voice in support of establishing of Personhood for unborn children through a Personhood (Human Life) Amendment to state constitutions.
Below is a brief list of current Personhood supporters:
Norma McCorvey (aka Jane Roe)
(Jane Roe in the Roe v. Wade decision)
“Personho
od efforts should be in all 50 states and everywhere Life is held in high esteem. It’s the best way to keep our unborn children from dying. Do I hear an Amen!”
Christian & Pro-Family Organizations
Focus on the Family
“A founding principle of Focus on the Family — and a driving belief of Dr. Dobson’s — is that all human life is sacred and that life begins at the single-cell stage of human development. … articulates this belief and challenges us to declare the inestimable worth of all members of the human family.”
- Don Wildmon, American Family Association
- Tony Perkins, Family Research Council
- Salt and Light Council
- Ken Ham, Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum
- Samuel Rodriguez — National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
Family Research Council
Jerry Regier, Founder:
“I believe the Personhood movement is poised to become the driving force of the prolife movement.”
Christian Legal & Civil Rights Defense
Mathew D. Staver
Chairman of the Liberty Counsel & VP of Liberty University:
“History will one day look upon the movement to affirm the personhood of pre-born children in the same way we now look upon the abolition of slavery and the end of the Holocaust.”
- Christian Law Association (Attorney for Terri Schiavo)
- American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)
- Alliance Defense Fund
- Life Legal Defense Foundation
- California Civil Rights Foundation
- Frederick Douglass Foundation
- The Rutherford Institute
- Judge Roy Moore, Alabama Chief Justice
- John Eidsmoe, Professor of Law, Oak Brook College
Thomas More Law Center
A Personhood Amendment provides “…the best legal means of overturning the central holding of Roe v Wade. … For too long the pro-life movement has been dominated by a strategy of “wait”– too fearful of losing to risk winning.”
Pro-Life Organizations
Pro-Life Wisconsin
“The incremental approach is not working – the number of abortions is climbing over time. We need to end this … without exception, without compromise, without apology and that’s what Personhood does.”
- American Life League – Judy Brown:
“Personhood is not only a principle but the cornerstone of efforts…” - Priests for Life
- American Right to Life
- Colorado Right to Life
- Georgia Right to Life
- New Hampshire Right to Life
- Right to Life of Kansas
- Northern Kentucky Right to Life
- Alaska Right to Life
- Cleveland Right to Life
- Pro-Life Mississippi|
- North Dakota Right to Life
- Corpus Christi Right to Life
- National Black Pro-Life Coalition
- Oklahomans for Life
- Kansas Coalition for Life
- Pro-Life Action League
- Missionaries to the Preborn
- Operation Rescue
- Operation Save America
- Human Life Alliance
- Life Coalition International
- Live Action Films
- Concerned Women for America, North Dakota
- Democrats for Life of America
Mark Crutcher, Life Dynamics
“We have nibbled around the edges of the abortion holocaust for almost forty years and, during that time, more than 50 million babies have been slaughtered. Somewhere along the way, we lost sight of the fact that our goal is not to regulate abortion, restrict abortion, reduce the numbers of abortions or hammer out some sort of accommodation with the abortion lobby. Today, the most important question for the pro-life movement is: when are we going to return to our roots and drive a stake through the heart of this foul-smelling beast? And that doesn’t mean simply overturning Roe v. Wade. It means passing a constitutional amendment that affirms the personhood of the unborn from the instant of fertilization. Until that happens, this battle cannot end; it can only ebb and flow.”
Religious Organizations
The list is too numerous, we chose to list only a few:
- The Christian Medical and Dental Associations
- North Dakota Catholic Conference
- Mississippi Baptist Convention
- Georgia Baptist Convention
- Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, North Dakota District
- The Assemblies of God, Rocky Mountain District Council
- The Assemblies of God, North Dakota District Council
- Catholic Social and Community Services in Mississippi
- Knights of Columbus North Dakota Counsel
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
- California Southern Baptist Convention
- Texas Southern Baptist Convention
Other Notable Leaders
- Father Frank Pavone, Director of Priests for Life and President of the National Pro-life Religious Council
- Father Thomas J. Euteneuer, Former President, Human Life International
- Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas
- Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator
- Gov. Rick Perry
- U.S. Rep. Ron Paul
- Former Speaker Newt Gingrich
- U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann
- Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Alan Keyes, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
- Adryana Boyne, GOP National Delegate 2008 Spokesperson — Hispanic Affairs
- Pastor Mark Driscoll: “… the reason we are a pro-life church is because God is a pro-life God … I don’t know how you can get a stronger case for Personhood …”
- Pastor Jim Garlow
Steve Deace, Washington Times Columnist:
“The issue of life is the defining moral issue of the age. It is the most important God-given right of them all. Sectors of our movement have devolved to an industry, or have chosen to play partisan political games with innocent life. God doesn’t love a child any less because of how they were conceived, and neither should we. Let’s get back to making the main thing the main thing. And the main thing is this — all life is sacred. Always.”
Opponents of Personhood
ACLU of Florida
“We should not be fooled, this is clearly a frontal attack on Roe v. Wade.”
NARAL Pro-Choice America
(National Abortion Rights Action League)
“If they pass a ‘personhood’ measure in just one state, that’s all it will take to start a legal challenge to Roe v. Wade.”
Liberal opponents of personhood are running scared and for good reason. You may ask the question why are all these organizations fighting so hard against Personhood efforts? It is clear to them. Is it clear to you?
- American Civil Liberties Union
- NARAL Pro-Choice America
(National Abortion Rights Action League) - National Abortion Federation
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- Planned Parenthood Federation
- Coalition for Secular Government
- People for the American Way
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