embryos
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Appeals court orders frozen embryos be turned over for destruction in case implicating religion
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The state’s second-highest court ordered a divorced couple’s frozen embryos be turned over to the husband for destruction, finding an El Paso County judge disobeyed both the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals’ instructions for resolving disputes over fertilized eggs. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals on Thursday issued its second decision…
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House Democrats give preliminary approval to bill affirming right to abortion after 23-hour debate
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The House on Saturday wrapped up more than 23 hours of debate – likely a state record – on a proposal to enshrine the unequivocal right to an abortion in state law. The lengthy debate, which began Friday morning and ended at 10:17 a.m., is likely a General Assembly record. House Bill 1279 was adopted on a…
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Colorado Supreme Court to take up state’s first-ever fight over embryos
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Who owns embryos after a divorce? The answer isn’t simple. Sometime in the next year, the Colorado Supreme Court is taking up the first-ever challenge to a long-standing state law that keeps embryos from being implanted once a couple is divorced. Mandy and Drake Rooks have three children, the result of in-vitro fertilization. Mandy Rooks…
