In addition, in the 9News article, Buck’s spokesman Owen Loftus makes it clear that Ken is not against contraception, “Ken believes life begins at conception, and does not favor doing away with common forms of birth control, like the pill.” One of the author’s of the Amendment, Leslie Hanks is the one that is against birth control (“Only those forms of “birth control” that extinguish a life that has already begun will be impacted. Many of the oral “contraceptives” have an action that makes the womb inhospitable to a developing embryo and hence, the new living, growing baby is prevented from residing where his or her Creator intended until birth.”).

Just because Ken Buck is a Pro-Life politician doesn’t mean that he is looking to ban all forms of birth control except for condoms. In fact, he isn’t in favor of banning any common forms of birth control (like the pill) and doesn’t interpret Amendment 62 as doing that. One more thought from the 9News article: “It’s clear that Amendment 62 and personhood are being used interchangeably. This is not the case within the pro-life community–there are many people who favor the concept of personhood, but are opposed to personhood amendments. ” (Loftus)