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Backers of Measure to Define Life Earn Spot on Ballot
Colorado voters will be asked to define when human life begins as proponents of Amendment 48 on Thursday turned in almost 30,000 more valid signatures than was needed to make the November ballot.
Ballot Issues Raise Legal Questions
A ballot measure that would ban most abortions in South Dakota could face a constitutional challenge if passed in November according to state Attorney General Larry Long. On the abortion measure, Long says it could be "declared to be in violation of the United States Constitution."
Deja vu in South Dakota
In 2006 South Dakota voters defeated, 56 to 44 percent, a ballot initiative that would have banned abortion even to save the woman's life. Pro-choicers cautiously exhaled. Anti-choicers got busy.
‘Personhood Amendment Backers Submit Signatures
Supporters of a movement to declare a fertilized human egg a person in the state constitution turned in 131,235 voter signatures Tuesday to get a measure on the November ballot.
Personhood Opponents Worry Measure Could Open Pandora’s Box
"The moment of fertilization is not a medical definition and is almost impossible to determine outside of a petri dish. So defining a person that way interferes with a lot of things including the practice of medicine," said Dr. Mary Fairbanks, a family practitioner.
South Dakota to Revisit Restrictions on Abortion
A measure that would ban most abortions in South Dakota will be on the general election ballot Nov. 4, Kea Warne, state election supervisor, said Friday.
Abortion Notification Backers Not Giving Up
The $1.8 million donated by Holman and Sebastiani so far is likely to put a parental-notification initiative before voters for the third time in four years. Opponents predict another defeat for Holman, who has spent a considerable personal fortune on the three measures, about $4.6 million so far.
