"An amendment to the Colorado Constitution that defines a 'person' as 'any human being from the moment of fertilization' will go before state voters in the Nov. 4 general election.
If approved by voters next fall, the amendment would guarantee every person, at every stage of life, the right to life, liberty, equality of justice and due process of law, Burton said. And while the initiative would not make abortion illegal, supporters and opponents alike believe it could lay the legal framework to legislate against abortion.
'This amendment will establish a cornerstone for protecting human life in our society ... and we all know this is the right thing to do,' the group, American Right to Life, said in a statement."
I hope this amendment to the Colorado Constitution passes, I really do. But I also think that if it does, it will make for some pretty interesting (maybe even nauseating) legal arguments.
Do they not see the direct conflict between these two statements:
1) " . . . the amendment would guarantee every person, at every stage of life, the right to life . . . "
2) " . . . the initiative would not make abortion illegal . . . "
So, if the Colorado legal system grants 'personhood' to unborn babies & abortion is still legal we will find courts deciding whose life takes precedence in abortion situations, whose life is more important/viable/ and what disabilities make one "less than human" and what circumstances of conception nullify that right to life.
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