Rights for embryos proposed
Abortion foes push state initiatives to bestow 'personhood'
By Judith Graham and Judy Peres Tribune staff reporters
December 3, 2007

DENVER - Opening a new front in their assault on abortion, activists in half a dozen states are preparing ballot referendums that would grant "personhood" and constitutional rights to embryos from the moment of conception.

The drive is under way in Colorado, where activists have begun gathering signatures for an initiative, and Georgia, where the legislature will take up the issue when it reconvenes in January. Abortion opponents in Montana, Oregon, Mississippi and Michigan are among those considering similar measures. the rest image