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DENVER—Colorado voters have soundly defeated a measure that would have defined life as beginning at conception.
The proposed amendment would have defined a person to include “any human being from the moment of fertilization,” a first of its kind in the nation.
With 38 percent of the vote counted, the measure was losing 74-26 percent.
It was spearheaded by a 21-year-old student who said her only goal was to define when human life begins. Any additional discussion would have been up to lawmakers.
Opponents contended it could be used to outlaw abortion, fertility treatments which can require the disposal of fertilized eggs and some forms of contraception.
