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Article: Missouri's Amendment Two.
- Article from:
- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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By now, probably every pro-lifer in America knows that Missourians narrowly passed "Amendment Two," which makes the right to clone part of the state Constitution. The loss is a bitter oneall the more so because of the layers of duplicity proponents wrapped the measure in.
Amendment Two won passage by barely 50,000 out of over 2,000,000 votes cast. While it is true that close only counts in horseshoes, it is still a remarkable accomplishment, given all the forces arrayed in favor of passage, beginning with a more than ten to one spending advantage.
The Amendment Two juggernaut enjoyed a number of significant advantages above and beyond a massive war ...