Keith Mason (activist)
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Keith Mason is the founder of Personhood USA http://www.PersonhoodUSA.com which was launched following the 2008 Colorado for Equal Rights Campaign. The intent of this campaign was to define the term "Person
" as used in the Colorado Constitution as starting from the moment of conception, thus in theory outlawing abortion
.
Personhood USA has assisted political efforts to constitutionally define personhood in all 50 states.
Mason began organizing other young activists in 2000 with the Campus Life Tours where he along with other activists educated students about abortion. These tours visited over 500 colleges nationwide and over 1000 high schools as well.
Mason also organized the "Truth Truck" project for Operation Rescue
http://www.operationrescue.org
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-embryos-personhood28-2009sep28,0,7467778.story
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/09/29/abortion_foes_try_to_establish_legal_personhood_for_fetuses/
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090221/7-states-seek-personhood-rights-for-pre-born/index.html
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=95913
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/mediaculture/1675/the_next_generation_of_the_pro-life_movement
Person
A person is a human being, or an entity that has certain capacities or attributes strongly associated with being human , for example in a particular moral or legal context...
" as used in the Colorado Constitution as starting from the moment of conception, thus in theory outlawing abortion
Abortion
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
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Personhood USA has assisted political efforts to constitutionally define personhood in all 50 states.
Mason began organizing other young activists in 2000 with the Campus Life Tours where he along with other activists educated students about abortion. These tours visited over 500 colleges nationwide and over 1000 high schools as well.
Mason also organized the "Truth Truck" project for Operation Rescue
Operation Rescue
Operation Rescue is a pro-life organization which originated in California and is now based in Kansas....
http://www.operationrescue.org
Sources
http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/991130-personhood-amendment-revised-and-revivedhttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-embryos-personhood28-2009sep28,0,7467778.story
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/09/29/abortion_foes_try_to_establish_legal_personhood_for_fetuses/
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090221/7-states-seek-personhood-rights-for-pre-born/index.html
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=95913
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/mediaculture/1675/the_next_generation_of_the_pro-life_movement