Colorado Amendment 11, Prohibition on Partial-Birth Abortions Initiative (1998)
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| Topic Abortion policy |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 11 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Colorado on November 3, 1998. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported prohibiting partial-birth abortion and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations. |
A “no” vote opposed prohibiting partial-birth abortion and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 11 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 617,977 | 48.52% | ||
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655,723 | 51.48% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 11 was as follows:
| “ | Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a prohibition against partial-birth abortions, and, in connection therewith, specifying that no one shall knowingly or intentionally perform a partial-birth abortion; allowing a medical procedure to prevent the death of the pregnant woman, if every reasonable effort is made to preserve the lives of the woman and the infant; defining partial-birth abortion as an abortion during which the person performing the abortion deliberately and intentionally caused to be delivered into the vagina a living human fetus or any substantive portion thereof for the purpose of performing any procedure the person knows will kill the fetus and kills the fetus before completing delivery; specifying that "fetus" and "infant" mean the biological offspring of human parents and may be used interchangeable through the measure; establishing specified civil remedies for certain person; establishing criminal penalties for violations after February 14, 1999; and stating that the amendment cannot be amended except by a vote of the people? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated state statute.
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Footnotes
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