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The Human Life Amendment provides Georgia with the best legal means of overturning the central holding of Roe v Wade. At the very least, it insures that Georgia immediately becomes a pro-life state the moment the shackles of Roe are broken. For too long the pro-life movement has been dominated by a strategy of "wait" - too fearful of losing to risk winning. The adoption of this amendment will place Georgia at the forefront of the battle to restore the sanctity pf innnocent human life. I applaud Georgia's pro-life citizens and their elected representatives for having the courage of their convictions.
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Georgia's Human Life Amendment (HR536)
Georgia Poised to bring Human Life Amendment to the National Spectrum Georgia lawmakers are working to promote legislation seeking to protect the unborn, the disabled, the elderly and the infirm and to guarantee their constitutional right to life. “The Human Life Amendment” (HR 536), currently before the state Legislature, would protect life in all forms, from conception to natural death. House Resolution 536 requires a two-thirds vote of the Georgia House and the state Senate to appear on the ballot in the November 2008 election. Georgia Representative Martin Scott is the bill’s sponsor and has the support of Democrats and Republicans in the Georgia Legislature. “The Human Life Amendment is the next logical step for defenders of liberty,” said Scott. “With advances in science such as cloning to our society’s movement toward a culture of death including euthanasia and endless abortions, Georgia is the place to enact this policy.” “Georgia is a pro-life state,” Scott said, adding, “I predict Georgians will overwhelmingly support this Constitutional protection if given the chance to vote.” Georgia’s 2008 Legislative Season opened on Jan. 14, 2008. ProlifeUnity.com organized the Let Them Live Rally at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on that day, calling together all pro-lifers across the state and nation to stand in support of the Human Life Amendment. The rally was a terrific event in that it underlined both the statewide and nationwide support for the sanctity of each and every human life from conception to natural death. “We must send a message to our government officials that the protection of human life must be their first priority,” said Jenny Hodges, Georgia citizen and National Director of ProlifeUnity.com. Thomas Jefferson said, ”The care of human life and not its destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.”
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More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of innocent unborn children. Abortion on demand now takes the lives of up to one and a half million unborn children a year. Human life legislation ending this tragedy will someday pass the Congress, and you and I must never rest until it does. Unless and until it can be proven the unborn child is not a living person, then its right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must be protected. You may remember that when abortion on demand began, many warned that the practice would lead to a decline in respect for all human life, and the philosophical premises used to justify abortion on demand would ultimately be used to justify other attacks on the sacredness of human life, including infanticide or mercy killing. Tragically enough, these warnings are proving all too true. President Ronald Reagan
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