The proposed Constitutional Amendment that would have defined a fertilized human egg as a 'person' failed to gain enough signatures needed to make the November ballot.

CI-100 would have banned abortion, but supporters needed 44,000 signatures to make the initiative legit for the November ballot. Supporters obtained less than half of the signatures needed, gathering close to 22,000.

State Representative Rick Jore of Ronan led the effort for CI-100. He tried to do the same thing in the 2007 legislature, but his bill failed.

Opponents of CI-100, including abortion rights groups, say the proposed initiative would have complicated health care for all women.