Religion & Law

I may be the last to know about this, but I was intrigued by the movement in Colorado (and other states?) to add a 'personhood" amendment to the state constitution.  Details here.  (HT: Howard Friedman) The amendment would be struck down by federal courts, but it raises some interesting issues, such as whether any law allowing abortion -- even in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother -- would unconstitutionally discriminate against preborn persons.  These are just academic questions, it seems to me, at this stage in American legal history.