In the state that is home to some of the most ardent anti-choice activists – Focus on the Family and an incredibly outspoken Catholic bishop – Coloradans rejected a renewed attempt to limit access to abortion services. Despite efforts in every parish and beyond to collect enough signatures to get their measure on the November ballot, they just couldn't cross the threshold. The measure they wanted to put before voters was whether doctors could be convicted of a class 4 felony for performing a late-term abortion. But Colorado voters opposed it early on keeping their names off the petitions to get the measure on the ballot.

Perhaps it's because Coloradans don't want the government intruding in their medical decisions. Or maybe they were turned off by putting docs behind bars for performing an abortion – especially one that probably was performed because of extreme medical circumstances (such as if the woman's life was at risk or if the baby's health was such that he or she was not going to live past delivery). But in any case, Coloradans saw through it and stopped the effort in its tracks. Here's to progress.