California Definition of Person Amendment (2010)

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A California Definition of Person Amendment may be on the November 2, 2010 ballot in California.

On September 28, 2009, Walter Hoye, Jason Jones, Lila Rose and Leo Severino filed a request with the Office of the California Attorney General for an official ballot title on the proposed amendment, which they call the California Human Rights Amendment.

Once the attorney general's office has provided that title, supporters will be able to start collecting signatures.

The goal of the proposed act is to to amend Article I of the California Constitution to define the legal concept of "person". Specifically, the proposal is to add a new Section 7(c) that would say, "For the purpose of this section: The term "person" applies to all living human organisms from the beginning of their biological development -- regardless of the means by which they were procreated, method of reproduction, age, race, sex, gender, physical well-being, function, or condition of physical or mental dependency and/or disability."