Amendement 48

I agree that this has been the most interesting conversation that we have had as a class so far.  It just seems so crazy that one girl can write an amendment and go to Colorado Springs and get Focus on the Family to sponser it and get enough votes. My biggest fear is that not enough people are going to see what this amendment really means. The amendement is worded beautifully and some people might not see the harm in it. I really loved this lecture because it made me think about things relating to the amendment that I did not realize were going to happen. I knew the rights of pregnant women would be violated, but not to the extent that I found out about last Wednesday. I personally would never have an abortion, but I do not believe that it the the governments' right to take my option away from me. It made me question what is going to happen to all the women that choose to have an abortion. Since they will be convicted of murder they will go to jail. Our jails are overcrowded as it is. There is no way that the state of Colorado can fit all those women in the jail system. Another thing that really upsets me about this amendment is that the fetus gets the rights of a normal person such as legal counsel. The fetus is completely dependent on the mother and it should be up to the mother as to what to do with the fetus. Another question that I was going to ask, but forgot to, was that the fact that Roe V Wade is still in tact in the federal government. Federal government always beats out state government so if it does go through, what is the chance that the amendment will be appealed? I talked to some people in my other classes about this amendment and it is pretty interesting about what they say. Some say that you are a bad christian if you do not vote for this amendment and that this is what God wants. I have to say that I am Roman Catholic and I believe that God does not want this kind of amendment going through from my standpoint. Motherhood is something that is respected in the bible and it should be respected in the world today. If people are truly christian, they would understand that pregnant women's rights are just as important as the fetus.