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Kristi Burton, a 21-year-old law student pushing a state amendment in Colorado that would say life begins at conception, chats with supporters over sandwiches at Trinity Lutheran Church in La Junta, Colo., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. Burton travels the state talking up the amendment to religious conservatives, though some prominent abortion foes don't support changing to state constitution to define a fertilized egg as a person. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)

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COLO. ABORTION MEASURE BACKERS FACE UPHILL BATTLE

By Kristen Wyatt (AP)

Those who hope Colorado becomes the first state where voters say life begins at conception are facing resistance from a seemingly unexpected place: The Roman Catholic Church and anti-abortion activists.

The amendment would change the state constitution to say that the word, "person," "shall include any human being from the moment of fertilization," with all the constitutional rights that confers.

The change wouldn't immediately outlaw abortion in Colorado. But it would set up legal battles that backers and opponents say would compel judicial reviews of federally guaranteed abort...

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