/tags/personhood Personhood en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:15:36 GMT /politics/2015-04-16/citing-a-gap-in-law-cadman-introduces-fetal-homicide-bill Following a March attack in Longmont where a mother's unborn child was cut from her womb, Colorado's Senate President has introduced a fetal homicide… Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:15:36 GMT /politics/2015-04-16/citing-a-gap-in-law-cadman-introduces-fetal-homicide-bill Bente Birkeland /politics/2014-10-21/amendment-67-seeks-to-add-the-unborn-to-the-definition-of-person-and-child One of this November's statewide ballot questions may look familiar to Coloradans. For the third time since 2008 voters will decide the fate of an… Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:00:00 GMT /politics/2014-10-21/amendment-67-seeks-to-add-the-unborn-to-the-definition-of-person-and-child Bente Birkeland /politics/2014-07-25/personhoods-third-attempt-seeps-into-colorados-close-senate-race Colorado voters will once again decide on an amendment that would give unborn babies the same constitutional and legal rights as a person. The measure is… Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:36:13 GMT /politics/2014-07-25/personhoods-third-attempt-seeps-into-colorados-close-senate-race Bente Birkeland /politics/2012-09-27/personhood-backers-sue-to-get-on-november-ballot Supporters of the personhood amendment filed a lawsuit Thursday in Denver District court as part of a last minute attempt to get the measure on the… Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:36:31 GMT /politics/2012-09-27/personhood-backers-sue-to-get-on-november-ballot Bente Birkeland /politics/2012-08-29/personhood-amendment-wont-make-november-ballot The Secretary of State’s office says the Personhood amendment will not be on the Colorado ballot this November because supporters failed to gather enough… Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:28:34 GMT /politics/2012-08-29/personhood-amendment-wont-make-november-ballot Bente Birkeland /npr-news/2012-08-24/in-akins-wake-ryan-defends-anti-abortion-record Since Republican Rep. Todd Akin first said the words "legitimate rape" last weekend, just about everyone in the Republican Party has condemned those comments. That includes vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. But it's also put a spotlight on Ryan's anti-abortion legislation and voting record. Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:01:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-08-24/in-akins-wake-ryan-defends-anti-abortion-record Kathy Lohr /politics/2012-03-13/personhood-question-cleared-for-colorado-ballot Colorado voters will once again face a personhood measure on the November election ballot. Similar efforts were soundly defeated in 2008 and… Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:03:54 GMT /politics/2012-03-13/personhood-question-cleared-for-colorado-ballot Brian Larson, Jody Hope Strogoff /npr-news/2011-11-09/personhood-divides-anti-abortion-groups Some foes of abortion haven't supported efforts to define legal personhood as beginning with the fertilization of a human egg because of concerns about unintended consequences. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:12:00 GMT /npr-news/2011-11-09/personhood-divides-anti-abortion-groups Julie Rovner /npr-news/2011-11-09/mississippi-voters-reject-personhood-measure Voters in Mississippi have rejected an amendment that would have made it the first state to declare as part of its constitution that life begins at fertilization. As recently as a few weeks ago, the so-called personhood amendment was considered almost certain to pass. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:08:00 GMT /npr-news/2011-11-09/mississippi-voters-reject-personhood-measure Julie Rovner /politics/2011-11-04/degette-speaks-out-against-mississippi-personhood-measure-mitt-romney Colorado voters have twice rejected measures to define “personhood” – and now voters in Mississippi will have their say. An initiative on next week’s… Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:40:05 GMT /politics/2011-11-04/degette-speaks-out-against-mississippi-personhood-measure-mitt-romney Brian Larson