Contact: Keith Mason, Personhood USA, 202-595-3500 ext 1

DENVER, Feb. 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- Personhood Colorado will hold a press conference and rally to make an important announcement regarding the number of signatures gathered to place the personhood initiative on the ballot. Personhood Colorado needs at least 76,047 signatures to turn in on February 12.

"At this point, we are close to our goal, but we won't be certain of our numbers until tomorrow," remarked ballot sponsor Gualberto Garcia-Jones. "We will be counting signatures up to the minute of our turn-in time, and we will announce the total number of collected signatures at the press conference."

After the press conference, some volunteers will deliver signatures to the Secretary of State's office.

Press Conference Details:

WHO: Personhood Colorado's grassroots coalition

WHAT: Announcement regarding signature count and a march to turn in signatures to Secretary of State.

WHERE: Knights of Columbus Hall,1555 Grant St., Denver, Colorado

WHEN: Friday, February 12, 2010 at 1:00pm

Personhood Colorado is a grassroots organization comprised of Colorado citizens who value all human life, from biological beginning to natural death. Personhood Colorado has sponsored the Personhood Amendment to the Colorado constitution, which reads: "Section 32. Person defined. As used in sections 3*, 6**, and 25*** of Article II of the state constitution, the term "person" shall apply to every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being."