Legal Commentary

Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether To Give Fertilized Eggs Legal Rights of a Person
Wash. Post: Colorado Voters Will Be Asked When 'Personhood' Begins, by Ashley Surdin: A proposal to define a fertilized human egg as a person will land on Colorado's ballot this November, marking the first time that the question of when...

Colorado Catholic Conference Does Not Support Personhood Amendment
This November, Colorado voters will cast ballots on a proposed Human Life Amendment to the Colorado Constitution. (Background.) Yesterday's Denver Post reported that the state's Catholic Conference believes that Colorado For Equal Rights, the sponsor of the Amendment, has misrepresented the views of the state's Catholic bishops regarding the Amendment...

CO: Ballot to Include Const'l Amendment Defining Fertilized Human Egg As Person
Associated Press: Anti-abortion measure OK'd for Colo. ballot, by Dan Elliott: DENVER (AP) ? A proposed state constitutional amendment defining a fertilized human egg as a person was certified Thursday for the November ballot, moving Colorado a step closer to...

Colorado's Personhood Amendment
Colorado has 18 initiatives on the ballot this year, one of which is the dreaded Amendment 48, the Personhood Amendment. The Amendment reads: "As used in sections 3, 6, and 25 of Article II of the state constitution, the term 'person' or 'persons' shall include any human being from the moment of fertilization," In other words, a fertilized egg would be deemed a person...

"Personhood amendment on Nov. ballot"
"Personhood amendment on Nov. ballot": The Denver Post provides a news update that begins, "Colorado voters will be asked to amend the state Constitution this November to define personhood as 'any human being from the moment of fertilization...

Denver Post: Vote no on Amendment 48, Personhood Amendment
The Denver Post has this editorial that begins: Colorado voters should reject a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would define a fertilized human egg as a human being...

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Organic Eggs
Sold at Costco and Safeway Recalled

Restaurant Explosions
Injures 6 In Peublo, Colorado

Colorado Firm Recalls Beef Products
Due To Possible E. coli Contamination

Mars Petfood
79 People Sick So Far

Salmonella Outbreak
50 People Sick in Five States

Sudan Plane Crash
100 People Believed Dead