Equal Rights 'Personhood Amendment' Appears Headed for Ballot

DENVER -- Coloradans will vote this year on a possible abortion ban unless tens of thousands of signatures on petitions for the Personhood Amendment are disqualified. Backers of the measure defining life as beginning at fertilization submitted 131,000 signatures Tuesday, 55,000 more than the roughly 76,000 that are needed to get it on the November ballot. The Secretary of State's Office still must determine if Colorado for Equal Rights collected a sufficient number of valid signatures of registered voters, but supporters celebrated outside the Knights of Columbus hall about a block from the state Capitol.
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Posted by Editor at May 16, 2008 05:57 AM