Colorado Proposition 48

Oct 23, 2008

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In a series on state ballot initiatives, guests spoke about measures dealing with abortion and specifically Colorado's Amendment 48, known as the "personhood" amendment. It defines the term "person" to "include any human being from the moment of fertilization." There was also a measure on the ballot in South Dakota, measure 11 that bans .. Read More
In a series on state ballot initiatives, guests spoke about measures dealing with abortion and specifically Colorado's Amendment 48, known as the "personhood" amendment. It defines the term "person" to "include any human being from the moment of fertilization." There was also a measure on the ballot in South Dakota, measure 11 that bans abortion, with exceptions for rape and the health of the mother. Crystal Clinkenbeard who opposes Amendment 48 and Bob Enyart, who supports the amendment, spoke about the campaign in Colorado and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

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00:00:03 HOST MATTHEW MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. ALL WEEK WE HAVE BEEN TAKING IN THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS,...
00:00:46 GUEST IT IS A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 41 YEARS, A STATEWIDE VOTE TO ABOLISH THE GOD-GIVEN...
00:01:16 HOST IF IT WERE ENACTED, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
00:01:20 GUEST PROTECTING THE UNBORN CHILD WOULD STOP, FOR EXAMPLE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD FROM TAKING IN THEIR HUNDREDS...
00:02:36 HOST IF THIS WERE PASSED IN COLORADO, WOULD IT MEAN AND WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPLICATIONS?
00:02:41 GUEST IT PUTS A BRAND NEW DEFINITION IN THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND GRANTS A FERTILIZED EGG THE SAME RIGHTS...
00:03:47 HOST AND THAT WOULD HAPPEN BY THE PASSAGE OF THIS ONE, PARTICULARLY IN ISSUES OF HEALTH CARE?
00:03:56 GUEST YES, AMENDMENT 48 WOULD PUT THE GOVERNMENT WHAT THE LAWYERS BETWEEN WOMEN AND THEIR DOCTORS AND THE...
00:04:39 HOST I WANT TO LET OUR PHONE CALLERS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO BOTH OF YOU. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR...
00:05:04 GUEST I TALKED ABOUT A CORPORATE GUILT, AND WE FEEL THIS NEED TO CONFUSE THE MATTER. BACK WHEN WE WERE TRYING...
00:07:23 HOST THIS CLINKENBEARD, WE HAVE CALLERS LINEUP, BUT IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND.
00:07:30 GUEST THERE WERE SO MANY MISSTATEMENTS THAT BOB JUST MADE. HE MUST USE THE EXAMPLE OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION....
00:08:19 HOST OUR GUESTS WILL BE WITH US FOR THE NEXT 25 MINUTES. TEXAS, LINE FOR DEMOCRATS, YOU ARE UP FIRST. CALLER:...
00:08:37 HOST YES, MA'AM. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. WHY ARE YOU SAYING WHEN LIFE BEGINS INSTEAD...
00:09:41 GUEST IF YOU HELP ME REMEMBER THOSE THREE, I WILL START WITH THE LAST ONE. ABORTION FOR INCEST IS CRUEL....
00:10:43 HOST SHE ASKED ABOUT HER STANCE ON THE DEATH PENALTY.
00:10:48 GUEST WILL SPEAK FOR THE DIRECTORS. THEY SUPPORT PUNISHING THE GUILTY AND PROTECTING THE INNOCENT. A CHILD...
00:11:13 HOST SHE ALSO ASKED WHY USE THE TERM LIFE RATHER THAN HUMAN BEING.
00:11:19 GUEST A LEAF IS ALIVE, A DOG IS A LIFE, YOU HAVE LIVING CELLS IN YOUR EPIDERMIS. BUT A HUMAN BEING, WE CAN...
00:11:49 HOST RENO, NEVADA. CALLER: I AM SO GLAD THIS THING CAME UP AGAIN. I COME AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES,...
00:12:47 GUEST I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. IT IS A REALLY COMMON MISPERCEPTION THAT FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS...
00:13:42 GUEST REGARDING TAX FUNDED ABORTIONS, PLANNED PARENTHOOD RECEIVES HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PETROL...
00:14:18 GUEST I OBJECT TO HIS CHARACTERIZATION OF THIS. THE PUBLIC FUNDS TO GO TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTUALLY FIND...
00:15:05 HOST HERE IS THE TEXT OF THE COLORADO AMENDMENT 48. HOLD ON TO BOTH YOUR THOUGHTS, WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER...
00:16:22 GUEST THE PRESIDENT OF COLORADO RIGHT TO LIFE, A COLUMBINE A DAD, HIS SON WAS MURDERED IN THAT SHOOTING....
00:17:49 HOST WISCONSIN. CALLER: MIND IS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THE PREVIOUS CALLER. WHAT PERCENTAGE TOWARDS EDUCATION...
00:18:08 GUEST PLANNED PARENTHOOD? CALLER: YES.
00:18:15 GUEST THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD SERVICES IN COLORADO GO TOWARDS EDUCATION, BIRTH CONTROL...
00:18:48 GUEST OF COURSE, MONEY IS FUNGIBLE, SO WHEN PLANT. GOOD GETS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS AND SAYS...
00:19:12 GUEST YOU KNOW, MR. ENYART LIKES TO FORGET THAT THERE ARE FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS ABOUT WHERE THOSE...
00:19:34 HOST WOODSTOCK, ILL. CALLER: WHAT PROGRESS PEOPLE DID NOT REALIZE IS THAT -- WHAT PRO- CHOICE PEOPLE DO...
00:20:23 GUEST I APPRECIATE THOSE QUESTIONS, AND PEDRO, IF YOU COULD HELP ME REMEMBER, IF I COULDSKIPS SOMETHING,...
00:21:26 HOST YOU TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL ARGUMENTS WHEN WE STARTED THIS. IF THE AMENDMENT PASSES, COULD GO UP -- COULD...
00:21:42 GUEST ABSOLUTELY, AND YOUR QUESTION REMIND ME ABOUT AN IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT THE AMENDMENT. IT GRANTS THE...
00:22:33 GUEST REGARDING THE LEGAL COMPLICATIONS, IT IS OFF THE STATION, CONFUSION. BUT IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE...
00:24:13 HOST KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. THE AHEAD. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE GENTLEMEN. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU...
00:24:37 GUEST I DID NOT SAY THAT. CALLER: AND FOR INCEST AND A WOMAN THAT HAS BEEN RAPED -- FOR YOU TO PUT HER THROUGH...
00:25:15 GUEST IF YOU HAVE A BABY THAT YOU WILL NOT LOVE OR CARE FOR, BRING IT TO ME. I CANNOT IMAGINE TURNING AWAY...
00:26:44 GUEST THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT MR. ENYART HAS MADE THESE GRAPHIC AND EXTREME ACCUSATIONS AGAINST PLANNED...
00:28:26 HOST GOT TO GET A CALL IN. HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTT. TEXAS, BILL AHEAD. -- HOLD ON TO YOUR THOUGHTS. CALLER:...
00:29:48 HOST THE COLOR ADDRESSED TO BOTH OF YOU, SO I WILL LET BOTH OF YOU TO RESPOND.
00:29:54 GUEST IT IS A SEXIST THING TO SAY AND IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE ROE V WADE WAS DECIDED BY SEVEN MEN....
00:31:08 GUEST AMENDMENT 48 IN COLORADO IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREMISM OF THIS MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW. COLORADO IS NOT...
00:32:03 HOST ARIZONA, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: CRYSTAL KEEP TALKING ABOUT IS FERTILIZED EGG. UNDER THE DECLARATION...
00:33:25 GUEST THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION -- THERE IS A WELL- MEANING -- WELL-MEANING PEOPLE DISAGREE RATIONALLY...
00:34:20 GUEST ABORTION IS NOT ONLY CRUEL TO CHILDREN, IT IS CRUEL TO THE MOTHERS. WE OWE IT TO THE NEXT GENERATION...
00:35:26 GUEST WHAT FAMILY IS FACED WITH AN UNINTENDED PREGNANCY -- WHEN A FAMILY IS FACED WITH AN UNINTENDED PREGNANCY,...
00:37:05 HOST CRYSTAL CLINKENBEARD, WITH NO ON COLORADO AMENDMENT 48, AND BOB ENYART, COLORADO RIGHT TO LIFE, THANK...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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