Human Life Amendment debated in Georgia

Ben Smith reports on the Atlanta J. Constitution (2.19.2008):

The discussion took place Monday at a four-hour Georgia House subcommittee hearing on House Resolution 536, the "Human Life Amendment."

The proposed amendment to the Georgia Constitution states that "the word ‘person’ applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, race, sex, health, function or condition of dependency, including unborn children at every state of their biological development, including fertilization." . . .

Georgia Right to Life is promoting the resolution, but the proposal is not universally endorsed by anti-abortion groups. The proposal is not endorsed by National Right to Life, and the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta opposes it.