---
title: "NRLC non-support / opposition to Colorado Amendment 48 (personhood)"
description: "Single-organization statement from National Right to Life Committee, 2008, to Colorado voters / press. Composite 6/12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. “declined to support the personhood amendment”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2008-002"
date: "2008"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "National Right to Life Committee"
recipient: "Colorado voters / press"
topic: "Personhood amendment"
shortfall_type: "explicit_opposition_to_tenet"
composite: 6
verification: "secondary"
signature_rows: 1
primary_url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Colorado_Amendment_48"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2008-002.html"
---

# NRLC non-support / opposition to Colorado Amendment 48 (personhood)

**Single-organization statement** · 2008 · Explicit opposition to a tenet · composite 6 / 12 · Secondary coverage only

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2008-002 (formerly L19) |
| Date | 2008 |
| Lead organization | [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) |
| Recipient | Colorado voters / press |
| Topic | Personhood amendment |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Secondary coverage only |
| Signature rows | 1 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

> “declined to support the personhood amendment” — National Right to Life Committee, 2008

## Scorecard

Composite **6 of 12** — explicit opposition to a tenet. Each dimension is scored 0 (none), 1 (implied) or 2 (explicit); the rationale is the editor's one-line reason for every non-zero score. D2 and D4 are the fault line the abolitionist critique cares most about.

| Dimension | Score | Meaning at this score | Rationale |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| D1 Exceptions | 0 | None | — |
| D2 Immunity for the mother (fault line) | 0 | None | — |
| D3 Incrementalism | 1 | By implication — a funding, drug, research, Hyde or Title X letter that takes no abolition position | Preferred incremental strategy. |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills (fault line) | 2 | Explicitly opposes or lobbies against one | Withheld support from / opposed an equal-protection (personhood) measure. |
| D5 Framing | 1 | Implied | Viability-in-court pragmatism. |
| D6 Secular framing | 2 | Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument | Strategic/legal framing. |

## Spokesperson

1 signature row · **Single organization.** A single-organization record; the spokesperson row is illustrative, not a signature block.

| # | Name as printed | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | — | — | [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

1 distinct organization, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

- [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) — Right-to-life group

## Sources

- [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Colorado_Amendment_48](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Colorado_Amendment_48) — Secondary coverage only (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Colorado_Amendment_48)

## Notes

Primary NRLC statement not yet located.

## Editorial note

The rubric records distance from the standard published by Abolitionists Rising, not a moral verdict; every organization scored here regards itself as pro-life. This record is verified from secondary coverage only: the primary text has not yet been located, and its scores rest on language quoted in press coverage. Scores are judgment calls applied consistently by the published rubric.