NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Voters in five states cast their ballots Nov. 4 on measures dealing with life issues, but pro-lifers came up short in all five cases.
California and South Dakota voted down ballot initiatives concerning abortion while Colorado defeated a constitutional amendment granting legal protections to “any human being from the moment of conception.”
Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing embryonic stem cell research. In Washington state, voters passed an assisted suicide initiative permitting doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication for terminally ill patients.
South Dakota's Measure 11 would have criminalized abortion unless done in cases of rape or incest or to save the life the mother. California Proposition 4 would have required doctors to notify parents or family members before performing abortions on unwed minors.