The people of Colorado will be voting on an amendment to the state's constitution on November 4 that could radically alter the nature of abortion and even in vitro fertilization within the state. Amendment 48 would change the definition of "person" to include "any human being from the moment of fertilization." The new definition would apply to three different sections of the state constitution covering the right to due process and the right to sue.
The Denver Post reports that the amendment has 103,000 valid signatures, well more than enough to make it on the ballot. The proposed amendment has already been cleared of a court challenge that it was invalid because it covered more than one subject. Not so, said the jurists. It also has the support of Colorado Springs based Focus on the Family, the Catholic Church and appears to be the new issue du jour for the right wingers.
Wording on the Amendment is quite interesting. The new definition is not, well definitive. A person would include what the article referred to as the "pre-born" but would not be restricted to that definition. Thus the eminently non-human corporate persons would retain their right to sue and be sued.
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