contraception
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Colorado Democratic lawmakers to sponsor bill upholding women’s right to abortion in 2022 session
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The prospect that the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade is pushing Colorado’s Democratic women legislators to act, long before a decision from the court is likely. The nation’s highest court is reviewing Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a 2018 Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks.…
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DeGette co-sponsors bill to protect birth control rights
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette was a lead sponsor of a bill introduced Thursday to block the Trump administration from limiting women’s access to birth control. The bill is a response to Interim Final Rules from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this month that exempt employers from some requirements to…
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#Coleg Week 13: House budget debate, contraception, internet privacy, texting while driving, seaplanes
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The Democratic-controlled House takes up the budget, which was passed without an inordinate amount of pain in the Republican-controlled Senate last week. Democrats will likely try to move the ball on items of priority that were shot down in the Senate. Contraception: It’s a personal matter and a state budget concern. State health estimates routinely…
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Colorado contraception bill part of trend rising in face of health care uncertainty
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A bipartisan Colorado bill that would make it easier for women in one visit to the pharmacy to collect more of their prescription contraception in order to be guarded against pregnancy for longer stretches of time. The bill arrives as part of a legislative trend sweeping state capitals coast to coast that would give women…
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DeGette praises new regulation protecting abortion doctor funds
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Colorado 1st Congressional District U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, stepped back into the abortion debate last week with her praise for a new Obama administration regulation that forbids states from withholding federal family planning services from low-income persons. DeGette said the regulation ensures “vital” health care for low-income women. DeGette is co-chair of the Congressional…
