Michigan Amendment Proposal: Human Life Begins at Conception


In Michigan, a new amendment to the state constitution, proposed by Michigan residents would establish that a person is alive at conception. Such a designation would serve to give the unborn constitutional rights to due process and equal protection.

A backer of the proposal, Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas Moore Law Center, said the petition drive is "vitally important if we are to insure that Michigan becomes a pro-life state after Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court."

The landmark 1973 decision did not actually ban abortion but nullified all state laws prohibiting the procedure. Most legal analysts agree that a Supreme Court ruling against Roe would return the issue to the states.

The proposed amendment, Thompson said, would "clear the ground of all issues dealing with interpretation of previous state precedent and statutes."


Thompson said he's "deeply disappointed that after 33 years and 45 million babies murdered," some pro-life leaders have said they don't believe the time is right to for such a dramatic step.

"If one truly believes a human being exists at the moment of conception and shortly thereafter suffers excruciating and prolonged pain while being sliced and torn apart in the mother's womb, how would they not do everything they can to save that child – even though there is no guarantee of success?" he asked.

"The extreme caution exhibited by some pro-lifers reminds me of what Lincoln said about his reluctant General McClellan during the Civil War: 'He has "the slows,"'" too fearful of losing to risk winning, Thompson said.

He pointed out that last week, Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of scientists and medical professionals Catholic teaching proclaims life begins at conception.

The pope said the Catholic Church "has constantly proclaimed the sacred and inviolable character of every human life, from its conception to its natural end."


Rev. Stephen T. Anthony, superintendent of the Eastern Michigan District of the Church of the Nazarene and chairman of Michigan Chooses Life, a newly formed inter-denominational group of prominent Michigan pastors, is supporting the petition drive.


"It is a biological, medical, and spiritual fact that a new and precious human life begins every time a child is conceived in the womb," Anthony said.

Via WorldNetDaily.

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