The Death Of Brady Paul Surovik Is Tragic, But Amendment...

Kayla Eckels Professor Leber ENG 122 October 22nd, 2014 Going Too Far The death of Brady Paul Surovik is tragic, but Amendment 67 goes too far. On July 5, 2012, Heather Surovik was hit by a drunk driver in her car and lost her unborn baby (Fender). The baby, Brady, was near birth, but not considered a person by the State of Colorado. The Surovik’s feel ripped of their justice, unable to avenge their son’s life. The Brady Amendment is a way of getting justice for Brady’s parents by having the Colorado Criminal Code and the Colorado Death Act include unborn babies as people. However, it goes too far. Amendment 67 says that as soon as an egg is fertilized by a sperm that bundle of cells is considered a person. Abortion would be considered murder. The â€Å"Personhood† Amendment is bad for Colorado because it violates a woman’s privacy, criminalizes doctors, and takes away a woman’s rights to common contraceptives. What a woman chooses to do with her own body is her business. When a woman chooses to get an abortion, she should have the right to do so. This procedure is between her and her doctor. A woman’s body should not be controlled or regulated by politicians and the strangers who vote â€Å"yes.† When abortion was illegal, about 5,000 women died from unsafe abortions before Roe v. Wade (The Impact of Illegal Abortion - Our Bodies Ourselves.). Violating a woman’s right to make safe choices, puts her life at risk. If the woman does not want the cells to grow into a baby, she should