Colorado voters will be asked to decide in November whether a fertilized egg is indeed a person. The "Definition of a Person" amendment was certified Thursday by the Secretary of State.

The grassroots group behind the amendment, Colorado for Equal Rights turned in more than 130-thousand voter signatures to get the measure on the ballot, they only needed 76-thousand.

If the amendment were to pass, both supporters and opponents agree future laws based on it could make abortion a crime in Colorado.

Amendment 48 was the idea of 20-year-old Kristi Burton, she says it’s an amendment that is actually very simple.

"We are just trying to put a definition in Colorado's constitution of what a person is and we define every-unborn child as a person," Burton said.

She says her amendment is about the pro-life movement but it doesn’t make abortion illegal.

"Just ensuring that every person has equal rights under our laws and is protected under the constitution," Burton said.

But opponents of the measure say it has everything to do with abortion and women's healthcare rights in general.

"It could potentially ban some forms of birth control, in-vitro fertilization, stem-cell research, it's so far reaching and deceptive, we don't know how far it could go, “ said Katie Groke Ellis, spokesperson for a group called Protect Families, Protect choice's.

"It's government intrusion into private and personal decisions and woman's healthcare," Ellis said.

Burton admits, the amendment if passed would lay the groundwork for future laws, but it's a decision that is now up to the voters.

Currently no state has this amendment in their constitution; voters in several states have turned similar measures down in the past.

The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion wrote the ruling could be overturned if the personhood of the fetus is established.