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Personhood is the legal concept that every unborn baby is a "person" by God-given, constitutionally-protected right. Chief among the rights endowed by the status of personhood is the right to life.
Background
Personhood USA is a new Colorado-based organization having unknown funding, which placed an initiative on the ballot that obtained less than 30% of the vote in 2008. Despite opposition by most pro-life organizations, Personhood USA is attempting to repeat its strategy in other swing states, potentially causing many pro-life candidates to be brought down on Election Day by a poor showing for this referendum.
In Florida, the Catholic Church has prohibited the collection of signatures for this initiative at any of its parishes. It released a statement criticizing the poorly designed initiative and its hurtful strategy.
Jill Stanek, who writes for Worldnet Daily, is one of the few supporters of this movement.[1] American Life League, which is heavily involved in direct mail fundraising, also supports it. Virtually every other pro-life and conservative group opposes it as being counter-productive.