Voters in Mississippi have turned away an initiative that would have defined an unborn child in the womb as a "person" and effectively would have made abortion illegal in that state.
Amendment 26, a historic pro-life initiative that attracted attention nationwide, went down to defeat convincingly Tuesday night (58% to 42% at press time). The measure would have amended the state constitution to affirm that personhood begins at conception. If it had passed, Mississippi would have become the first state to successfully declare "civil rights" for the unborn.
Proponents had argued a vote for Amendment 26 was a vote for life and against abortion, while opponents -- apparently successfully -- convinced voters that the wording of the amendment was ambiguous and could result in unintended consequences, such as restricting certain types of birth control.
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