Personhood Opponents Worry Measure Could Open Pandora’s Box
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The Denver Channel, The measure would define "personhood" as the beginning of conception. Opponents worry the permanent addition to the state constitution would open a 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. Another doctor, OB/GYN Dr. Andrew Ross, said birth control access could also be threatened. Ross said birth control alters the lining of the uterus where the egg implants and this measure could say that threatens a fetus' right to life."
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