Looks like this 20-year-old law student is trying to make a name for herself.

If it weren’t for their utter hypocrisy and complete lack of sympathy and understanding for a woman that’s considering abortion, I wouldn’t be as sickened by the anti-women’s rights crowd. Just once I’d like to see in the news where someone that proudly displays a pro-life bumper sticker on their car quit their job in order to open up an orphanage on their block. Or read a story where a 20-year-old law student out of Colorado is causing a stir by changing legislation that makes adoption much easier. Adoption by gay couples is out of the question for these God-fearing pro-lifers. Forcing an infant to live in an environment where he/she was “not wanted” to begin with is what they demand, making it clear they only give a goddamn for infants before they draw their first breath.

I’m not a big fan of abortion myself. Who really is? But unwanted pregnancies do occur. And for some women, abortion is the only viable solution. Taking away her rights in this matter while systematically ripping the Constitution to shreds is not!

Abortions are not the problem though. Unwanted pregnancies are. Taking away a woman’s right to choose is only a quick-fix to a symptom of the problem. And a terrible one at that! I do not have all the answers, but smarter, wiser people than me do.

It really falls back on lazy thinking and a lack of leadership. We need people from both sides of the issue to get serious on this. We need people to take charge, stand up and start addressing this problem head on.

Colo. measure tests strategy to ban abortion

Law student wants state Constitution to define fertilized eggs as people

DENVER - A 20-year-old law student has become a cause célèbre in the anti-abortion movement for her efforts to have the state Constitution define fertilized eggs as people - a tactic spreading nationwide in bids to neutralize the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

The measure spearheaded by Kristi Burton would give fertilized eggs state protections of inalienable rights, justice and due process, and she needs 76,000 signatures to get it on the state ballot next November.

Similar efforts are under way in Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi and Oregon.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw the awakening of a sleeping giant here as conservatives come out to vote on this because of the purity of the bill and because it’s a no-nonsense amendment,” said Keith Mason, a veteran of grass-roots efforts defending Ten Commandments displays and parental notification laws. He is helping the petition effort.

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