Colorado Pro-Life Group Gathers 135K Signatures Needed for Ballot Measure to Ban Late-Term Abortion

Martin Bürger : Mar 9, 2020
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"Abortion is a violent procedure and commonly involves the dismemberment of the fetus in the second trimester. In the third trimester, the injection of potassium chloride or digoxin may inflict excruciating suffering before the child dies over a period of minutes to hours." -Initiative statement

(Denver, CO) — [LifeSiteNews.com] A Colorado pro-life initiative has submitted more than 138,000 signatures supporting a ballot measure proposing to end late-term abortions. (Image: via LifeSiteNews)

The signatures were delivered to the Colorado Department of State, headed by Democrat Jena Griswold, on March 4.

The pro-life campaign called "Due Date Too Late" needed roughly 125,000 signatures to get the ballot measure approved. The Department of State will determine whether the signatures are valid. If not, "Due Date Too Late" has another two weeks to get the number needed.

Then, voters get a chance to determine if late-term abortions should be banned in Colorado.

"We are pleased to exceed the number of signatures required to submit to the Secretary of State," said Deacon Geoff Bennett, who works in a leadership position at Catholic Charities of Denver... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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