In September 2009, the Montana Pro-Life Coalition’s proposed ballot measure, that would define the term “person” in the state constitution as “from the beginning of the biological development of that human being,” was approved for signature-gathering.  The initiative is being led by the same anti-choice activists who proposed a similar amendment to be placed on the ballot in November 2008.  Having failed to gather the necessary 44,615 signatures then, they have now renewed their push for its placement on ballot in November 2010.

Similar attempts in Georgia, Colorado, and Oregon failed in 2008, sending a clear message that Americans oppose such divisive and transparently political proposals.

Montana Abortion-Rights Opponents Renew Attempts at 'Personhood' Ballot Initiative, Medical News Today, Jul. 7, 2009 at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156574.php (last visited Aug. 10, 2009).