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Tuesday June 15, 2010


Personhood Nevada Denied Right to Circulate Petition

CARSON CITY, Neveda, June 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Personhood Nevada, through many legal battles, has been denied the right to circulate their pro-life petition in the state. The ACLU joined forces with Planned Parenthood, delaying the petition in court and denying the many ready and willing Nevada volunteers their right to circulate the petition.

“We have several issues at the heart of this matter,” explained Keith Mason, co-founder of Personhood USA. “First, we have judicial activists ruling against the petition, despite the fact that nearly similar language has been approved in other states. Second, we have the anti-personhood media reporting that we failed to get the required signatures – when in fact, Personhood Nevada was not allowed to get even ONE signature. This is clearly a case of big money versus the rights of the citizens – but we’re preparing to try again, even stronger than before.”

The people’s voice in Nevada has been silenced by those who profit from abortion the most – Planned Parenthood, with over $1 billion in profit in recent years. Planned Parenthood, in conjunction with the ACLU, is fighting against the rights of Nevada citizens to circulate a petition for a constitutional amendment.

The one-sentence proposed state constitutional amendment states, “In the great state of Nevada, the term ‘person’ applies to every human being.”

James T. Russell, District Judge of Carson City, ruled on January 8, 2010 that the one-sentence amendment was a myriad of subjects. Personhood Nevada appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court, but a ruling has yet to be made.

See related websites

https://www.personhoodnevada.com/

https://www.personhoodusa.com/