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   Act Now!

Protect preborn children

                in the

Wisconsin Constitution!

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Petition Drive

Since Pro-Life Wisconsin was founded in 1992, we have steadily worked toward our

ambitious goal of total legal protection for every preborn child in our state. With other

states like Maryland, North Dakota, Montana, South Carolina, and Alabama

initiating personhood bills that would provide sweeping protections for preborn children

from the moment of fertilization, the time has come for the pro-life movement in Wisconsin

to do the same. To that end, PLW has gathered over 10,000 signatures in a statewide

petition drive building public support for a constitutional amendment to protect our preborn

brothers and sisters. 

What is Personhood?

It is the foremost duty of the state to protect its citizenry, especially those most vulnerable. 

But what exactly is personhood and why is it so foundational to the pro-life movement? 

Put simply, a “person” is a human being who is fully protected under the law (equal

protection, due process, etc.) and we use the term “personhood” to describe this condition. 

Once a human being is declared to be a person, there simply can be no exception to his

or her inalienable right to life.  Restoring legal personhood to the unborn child, with respect

to the right to life and without exception, would oblige the state to ban all abortions,

including even those claimed to save the life of the mother.  We know that Wisconsinites,

born and preborn, deserve total and permanent legal protection of their right to life – a

undamental right grounded in natural law.

Why is a Constitutional Amendment Necessary?

·         The current Wisconsin Constitution applies rights to only those people

who are "born." An activist Wisconsin Supreme Court could someday use

this provision to deny the right to life of the preborn by interpreting an

independent right to abortion in our state constitution.  In so doing, the 

court could nullify any present or future pro-life laws in our state.

 ·         The changing makeup of the Wisconsin Legislature could also jeopardize

any pro-life laws in our state.  Every two years our state election process

determines the majority party in Madison.  Legal protection of the preborn

should not (and must not) be contingent upon which party controls the state

legislature.

The right to life should not be subject to the whims of a politicized supreme court or

an ever-changing legislature. Only by enshrining the right to life in our state constitution

will preborn children be afforded full and lasting legal protection.  

It’s time to be bold. For every week we delay in protecting the preborn, 185 more

children die in Wisconsin. It’s time to be principled. Making compromises, making

exceptions, and caving to political pressures guarantees failure. Now is the time to

achieve the goal of 100% protection for every defenseless baby. Now is the

time to demand that the personhood of each preborn child be constitutionally

protected in Wisconsin!

Please print the petition online by clicking here.  We ask you to

sign the petition and encourage your family, friends and neighbors

to sign it as well.  Feel free to photocopy the petition and gather as

many signatures as you can

 Please mail the petition(s) to the Pro-Life Wisconsin state office at:

 Pro-Life Wisconsin
 P.O. Box 221
 Brookfield, WI 53008-0221

The Time to Act is Now!

Please do all you can to stand up for our preborn brothers and sisters.