Planned Parenthood vs. personhood in Colorado Cathy Alderman and Ashley Wheeland have logged quite a few miles this election season canvassing for Planned Parenthood here in Colorado as part of a massive, $15-$20 million effort to push women's health issues in this midterm election. Their target is a personhood amendment on the ballot, the third time proponents have attempted to pass a initiative to extend the rights of unborn fetuses. Amendment 67 would allow prosecutors to bring charges against someone who commits a crime against a fetus. Proponents are going out of their way to insist that the measure has nothing to do with abortion, and Alderman, vice president of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, is worried that voters won't recognize its similarity to other "personhood" initiatives they've rejected in the past. Alderman and Wheeland canvassed in a neighborhood in the battleground city of Aurora this week. Before going out, they and other volunteers were told what to expect and how to count houses. Everyone had software with a map and pins denoting houses where they were looking to talk to voters who would likely be aligned with their stance against the measure. Volunteers also enter data into the system. Greg Hartman stood in front of about a dozen canvassers who munched on bagels before heading out. "Smile when you're at the door," Hartman told the crowd of mostly young women. We know they're sick of the commercials, but having someone at the door is different. Shake the gate if there is one, Hartman said; you never know if there's a dog and shaking the gate will let you know. Rate people on a scale of 1-5; 1 is for people who say they will vote or have voted against the amendment; 5 is for supporters of it. The 5s get a frowny face. Alterman and Wheeland parked in a leafy Aurora neighborhood filled with modest homes. They said hello to another group of people knocking on doors across the street - a man and a woman who were clutching Bibles and literature about the Jehovah's Witnesses. The woman asked Alterman and Wheeland what they were doing. Alterman explained that the amendment they were campaigining against would amount to a ban on abortion in all cases. "Who would want to bear a baby for a man who raped her?" the woman, who declined to give her name, asked. "They all make the laws and do it in a way without the people in mind," she said. The groups parted ways and Alterman and Wheeland went to the home of Lee Hastings, 43. "You guys are like the fourth people to come to my door today," Hastings said. Wheeland told him about the personhood amendment and how, she said, it would amount to an abortion ban. Hastings said he already mailed his ballot - and voted against the amendment. "I'm flabbergasted we're still talking about this," he said.