November 4, 2008 7:39 PM

Choice Won.

For the last several months you worked to protect choice by contributing over $70,000 and volunteering your time to stop three harmful ballot initiatives - Prop. 4 in California, Measure 11 in South Dakota and Amendment 48 in Colorado - that could have permanently altered the face of women's rights in America.

All three of these measures would have eroded a woman's right to choose: Amendment 48 gives personhood rights to fetuses; Measure 11 is a repeat of the abortion ban South Dakotans voted down in 2006; Prop. 4 would mandate parental consent for teens seeking to have an abortion.

These initiatives were bad news. Here is how the voters decided these measures. In Colorado, the amendment failed with 73% voting no, the South Dakota measure failed with 55% voting no, and the fight to defeat Prop. 4 in California failed with 52% voting no.

With the make-up of the Supreme Court, I don't have to tell you how dangerous these laws could have been for the future of choice. Roe v. Wade is safe for now.

Thanks to all your efforts we won.