Ritter on Amendment 48: Not realistic for ending, reducing abortions in Colorado

October 7, 3:01 PMWomen of the Web ExaminerBrit Horvat

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Gov. Bill Ritter/Photo by George Kochaniec Jr.
Source: rockymountainnews.com

If Amendment 48 is passed, abortion would be outlawed (and that goes for victims of rape and incest as well), birth control would be banned and women with cancer would be refused life-saving medical treatment on the chance that it could endanger a fertilized egg. If that's not enough, women would be charged for murder if they had an abortion. They also would be investigated in the case of a miscarriage.

This has been a hot topic with women across Colorado, as this is the first amendment of its kind to qualify for a statewide ballot.

Gov. Bill Ritter will be making an official statement Oct. 7 about his opposition to the amendment. According to an article in the Rocky Mountain News, Ritter has strong connections with the Catholic Bishops of Colorado. The group recently stated that while they admire the goals of Amendment 48, "it does not provide a realistic opportunity for ending or even reducing abortions in Colorado."

Read more here.

In response to this ballot measure and the 130,000+ signatures that support it, Planned Parenthood and the League of Women Voters have joined forces to form the Protect Families Protect Choices Coalition.