This amendment is intrusive, dangerous and simply goes too far.

It would eliminate a woman’s right to make personal private decisions about her own body and her health.

It has far-reaching consequences on important life decisions, including the following:

• Emergency contraception for rape and incest victims would be banned. By giving legal rights to fertilized eggs, this amendment could ban birth control options like the Pill and IUD's. (These kinds of birth control can prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.)

• Establishing rights from the moment of fertilization would ban some stem cell research being used to find cures for chronic disease and disabilities. In vitro fertilization could be banned since fertilized eggs used in these processes would have full legal rights.

• A woman with cancer could be denied access to life saving medical treatment because it could endanger a fertilized egg.

• Amending the constitution is serious business and should not be taken lightly. This constitutional amendment would impact literally thousands of laws-- from when property rights are granted, to inheritance rights, to who can file a lawsuit.

It puts the Government, Lawyers, and the Courts Into Our Personal Lives

• It affects important life decisions that should be made by individuals, their doctors, and families--not extremists rewriting the state constitution.

• Colorado needs to protect the sanctity and privacy of the doctor-patient relationship by defeating this amendment.

• Establishing rights for fertilized eggs eliminates a woman’s right to make personal, private decisions about her own body and her health. A woman should have the right to make decisions about her reproductive health with her doctor and family without governmental interference.

It Would Impact Literally Thousands of Laws

• It could be a legal nightmare established in our constitution.

• It could allow lawyers and the courts to reinterpret every Colorado law and regulation that contains the word “person.” It would impact literally thousands of laws—from when property rights are granted, to inheritance rights, to access to the courts.

• Because of its broad implications, this amendment will clog our courts and allow for lawsuits against anyone associated with a woman's health.

It Simply Goes Too Far

• This measure could ban all abortion—even in the cases of rape or incest victims, or when the life of the woman is at risk.

• By giving legal rights to fertilized eggs, this amendment threatens stem cell research, in vitro fertilization, common birth control methods (like the Pill), and access to emergency contraception for rape and incest victims.

• The extremists behind this amendment admit that they want to make Colorado “ground zero" in the abortion debate. Colorado has important issues to deal with such as education, health care, the economy, and transportation. We don’t need a constitutional amendment criminalizing abortion.