Colorado Partial-Birth Abortion Act (1998)
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Colorado Amendment 11, also known as the Partial-Birth Abortion Act, was on the November 7, 1998 election ballot in Colorado. It was defeated, with 48.5% of voters in favor.
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
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; defining partial-birth abortion as an abortion during which the person performing the abortion deliberately and intentionally causes to be delivered into the vagina a living human fetus for the purpose of performing any procedure the person knows will kill the fetus; and stating that the amendment cannot be amended except by a vote of the people.
