20 Nov 2009 08:00 AM
Antiabortion-Rights Groups Announce Plan To Oppose Proposed Nevada 'Personhood' Ballot Measure
The leaders of four antiabortion-rights groups on Tuesday announced that they will band together to oppose a proposed ballot measure that seeks to amend Nevada's Constitution to define people as "everyone possessing a human genome" from the moment of conception, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports. The leaders of Nevada Life, Nevada Eagle Forum, Nevada Families and the Independent American Party said that the measure's language is weak and that it would not change abortion practices under existing federal law.
In a statement, the groups said, "It will end up giving unlimited power to the courts to perpetuate and expand the disastrous effects of Roe v. Wade and will interfere further with any legislative efforts to stop abortion…
