Personhood proponents turn in ballot petitions - The Colorado Statesman (8/10/2012)

Sponsors of a ballot proposal that would offer constitutional rights to the unborn say they turned in 112,121 petition signatures to the secretary of state's office on Monday, contending that the initiative is necessary to offer justice to families following horrific tragedies such as the Aurora movie theater mass shooting.

Third time is not the charm: Personhood measure puts health, research at risk - Daily Camera (8/9/2012)

No idea is too bad to get back on the Colorado ballot, it seems, even after two resounding defeats.

A "personhood" amendment will be put back to the voters this fall. The extreme measure is crafted to be anti-abortion, but is so much worse on so many levels that more than 70 percent of Coloradans wisely rejected it in 2008 and then again in 2010. Heck, even Mississippi voters -- who are considered by some to be the most conservative in the nation -- kicked it to the curb last fall.

Personhood USA's second wind - Salon.com (8/8/2012)

President Obama is in Colorado today, making his pitch to that swing state's voters in general and, in particular, to women concerned about the gleeful stripping of their rights. (Obama's introduction by Sandra Fluke, whom he called "one tough and poised young lady," is a helpful reminder of the latter.) His timing couldn't be better: Two days ago, Personhood Colorado delivered its signatures to get on the November ballot for the third time, in a quixotic but potentially electorally significant bid to get a fertilized egg classified as a person in the state constitution.

Personhood Initiative Remains Unpopular in Colorado - ThinkProgress.com (8/7/2012)

Colorado is poised to vote on a radical personhood amendment for the third time, despite the fact that the issue still remains unpopular among residents of the state. Recent polling from Project New America, which has polled on personhood initiatives since 2008, shows that just 30 percent of respondents would vote for the proposed ballot initiative this November. And the measure's unpopularity could turn Colorado voters away from candidates who support it. Among independent voters, 47 percent say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who opposes the personhood measure, while 19 percent say they would be more likely to vote for one who supports it.