Ga. legislators propose Amendment to define life as beginning at conception
Saying they are tired of winning incremental victories, Georgia abortion opponents hope to end the procedure altogether through a state constitutional amendment that would define life as beginning at conception.
The measure, H.R. 536, has more than 60 sponsors, including Rep. Jerry Keen, of St. Simons Island, the second-highest-ranking Republican behind House Speaker Glenn Richardson.
But opposition is not only coming from abortion-rights advocates. The former top lawyer of the National Right to Life group [James Bopp] warns that the idea could lose in court, providing good case law and a financial windfall for abortion-rights lawyers.
The Daily Report has the full story by Andy Peters (2.4.2008). This earlier report by Hilary White on Lifesite (1.24.2008) indicates that the Catholic Bishops are refusing to support the Amendment, while Richard Thompson, Chief Counsel and President, of the Thomas More Law Center is supporting it. On September 26, 2007, the Thomas More Law Center issued a press release and memorandum calling for a national debate on pro-life strategy.