Contact: Jennifer Mason, Personhood USA, 202-595-3500

LISBON, Portugal, May 2, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Global Pro-life Unity Summit, sponsored by Personhood USA, Human Life International, and LifeSiteNews.com and featuring pro-life representatives from countries around the world such as Portugal, the Dominican Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Romania, and Ireland, will take place on May 4th and 5th in Lisbon, Portugal. The event's sponsors including Pro Referendo Vida campaign founders Luis Botelho and Rodrigo de Castro Faria will host a press conference at 1pm on Friday, May 4 at the VIP Grand Lisboa Hotel in Lisbon Portugal.

Recent additions to the itinerary include representatives from the nations of Poland and Colombia.

Poland's Fundacja Pro has endorsed the summit and has submitted a report of strategic recommendations to summit organizers. Last year, in just two weeks, they collected over 600,000 signatures in support of a personhood bill put before the national Congress. The bill was voted down by a mere handful of votes, but their campaign continues as they organize hundreds of pro-life exhibitions around the country.

Colombia's Unidos Por La Vida will also participate in the Summit sessions via video-conferencing. Last year, they circulated a petition to add an amendment to the nation's constitution protecting the right to life of all people "from conception to natural death." In just two months, the group garnered a total of 5 million signatures.

What: Global Pro-life Unity Summit Press Conference

Who: International Pro-life Leaders, Event Sponsors, and Pro Referendo Vida founders Luis Botelho and Rodrigo de Castro Faria

When: Friday, May 4th, 2012, 1pm Where: VIP Grand Lisboa Hotel in Lisbon Portugal, Avenida 5 de Outubro, 197, Lisboa 1050-054

For more information, please visit www.PersonhoodUSA.com.