Personhood In Montana Delayed, Not Defeated.

Precious Prolife Team:
My husband and I contacted 3/4 of the county offices this morning to find out the totals they sent to the Secretary of State’s office for CI 102 Personhood Amendment. From what we have so far, there are close to 37,000 signatures with 34 house districts qualified. The estimates for signatures by the regional leaders fell short of anticipated numbers in three large counties

Even with the 24 HDs remaining to check, it doesn’t look like we’ll make the cut. Plus, the Secretary of State’s office is making an official statement that we didn’t make it. Investigation of rejected signatures will take time, and there is uncertainty of the outcome of that. And, some of those qualified by the county offices might be rejected at the Secretary of State level. For these reasons, I have altered the press release from what I sent you over the weekend.

Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Pondera, Ravalli, and Sanders Counties qualified ALL their house districts! Many house districts missed qualifying by 20 or less signatures. We’ll send you a tally of the house districts when we have all the numbers.

Press Release sent around noon today:

Montana Prolife Coalition Won’t Back Down or Give Up

Dr. Annie Bukacek, sponsor of the Personhood Amendment CI 102, got word from the Secretary of State’s Office today that CI 102 didn’t get enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Undaunted, she has started the process of filing for a 2012 election cycle personhood initiative, “recognizing the importance of momentum and focus,” she says, while acknowledging no actual signatures can be collected until June 2011. It is anticipated the language will be the same as CI 102, referring to the due process clause of the Montana Constitution when stating that personhood begins at the biological beginning of human life (what most people refer to as conception).

She states, “When we launched CI 102, Montana Prolife Coalition was less than six months in existence and didn’t have the infrastructure of volunteers necessary to get the needed signatures. We are greatly encouraged by the steady growth of enthusiastic activists joining Montana Prolife Coalition—going from hundreds to thousands, and we anticipate tens of thousands a year from now. All unpaid volunteers, this grassroots prolife network will work to influence the November elections and bills during the 2011 legislative session. The killing of innocent humans is not compatible with a civilized society. We have barely begun the fight for the rights and liberties of unborn babies, and we will keep working at it until their personhood is established in our Montana Constitution.”

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

We have much to be pleased about and plan to get it next time.

President, Montana ProLife Coalition P.O. Box 2758 Bigfork, Montana 59911 (406) 270-0606