2008 Colorado Amendment 48

Amendment 48
Defining a person to be any human being from the moment of fertilization.
Results
Choice
 Votes  %
Yes 618,761 26.79%
No 1,691,165 73.21%
Valid votes 2,309,926 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00%
Total votes 2,309,926 100.00%
Against
  80–90%
  70–80%
  60–70%
  50–60%

Colorado Amendment 48 was a defeated initiative to amend the definition of a person to "any human being from the moment of fertilization".

The initiative was proposed jointly by Kristine Burton and Michael Burton of the now-defunct organization, Colorado for Equal Rights.

This definition would have applied to all sections of Colorado law, thus giving a fetus the equal rights of life, liberty, and property as a fully developed, born person would.

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