DENVER (AP) — Backers of a proposal to ban abortion in Colorado have failed in their first attempt to get the measure on statewide ballots in November.
Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced Wednesday that backers of the so-called personhood amendment fell about 3,900 signatures short of the some 86,000 needed to appear on the ballot.
This is the first time supporters failed to get the proposal on the ballot on their first try. They can still try again to collect more signatures in order to win a place on the ballot.
Similar measures were overwhelmingly defeated by Colorado voters in 2010 and 2008.
This proposal would also ban embryonic stem-cell research and some fertility treatments.
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