While election day (Nov. 4) is still 31 days away, many Colorado voters will casts their ballots in LESS THAN A WEEK!
On the ballot this fall are some critical amendments that threaten the rights of all women, people of color, and marginalized populations in Colorado. The Feminist Majority Foundation's Get Out HER Vote Campaign encourages Colorado voters to VOTE NO on 46, 47, 48, and 49.
- 46 is an anti affirmative action amendment that threatens to dismantle key governmental attempts toward equality and civil rights--among them, the ability for women gain state-funded contracts. VOTE NO ON 46!
- 47 is the "right to work" amendment that will create roadblocks for workers seeking to join unions and gaining collective bargaining rights. VOTE NO ON 47!
- 48 is the "fetal personhood" amendment that would grant full legal personhood, as defined by Colorado state law, to a fertilized egg--stripping a woman of her rights to her body. By giving constitutional rights to a fertilized egg, the amendment could not only ban all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest, but it could also ban emergency contraception, birth control pills, and IUDs. It could even eliminate medical choices like some cancer treatments, in vitro fertilization, and embryonic stem cell research. VOTE NO ON 48!
- 49 is another union-buster that threatens to take away the power of the political purse for trade unions in Colorado. VOTE NO ON 49!
Spread the word! If you vote in Colorado, VOTE NO on 46, 47, 48, 49! If you have friends or family who vote in Colorado, encourage them to VOTE NO on 46, 47, 48, and 49! The lives and future of women across the country rely on Colorado voters to stand up for women's rights and human's rights.
Vote as if your life depends on it!
2 comments:
Thanks much Colorado women!! I got the email on this and appreciate having a bit more info - which I will publicize via "Connected Women," the newsletter of U.S. Women Connect. We are looking for an energetic feminist in Colorado to be your state coordinator & pass messages back and forth across all the issues and organizations working - among other things, to plan a Fifth Women's World Conference in 2012. Women in this country are far less organized than in many other places. Please write me if you'd like to be on the mailing list - Bonnie@mnwomen.org - or check our website at uswc.org
Just received the email on Colorado's Amendment 48. Geez.
I can't imagine that the law would pass any legal challenge - simply because that would mean that women would have to undergo pregnancy tests every single month. Why? Many fertilized eggs never implant, many result in natural
miscarriages. Under these circumstances, the state could not enforce this law equally - as in 14th Amendment. And under 5th Amendment, women could refuse to
take those tests. See how far this idiocy can travel?
The state does not own any citizen's reproductive organs or tissues. Further, taking this one step back, it would mean that every missed opportunity to
fertilize an egg (and that would include the material to fertilize) would be against state interest - a preposterous idea, but one that radicals might try to push. Roe v. Wade was about right to privacy, which the Supreme Court teased out
of other textual contexts within the Constitution. As well, it was the culmination of previous decisions defending, for instance, a couple's right to use birth control.
Whoever thought this up needs his or her head examined - sounds like a control freak on steroids came up with this. Maybe there's some effective medication for the condition...
This is the most unbelievable crock of legal hyperbole I've ever seen. Elections are coming - vote the bill's authors and sponsors out of office.
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