planned parenthood
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From lobbying to campaigns, Fofi Mendez devoted to protecting vulnerable
Twenty-five years later, lobbyist Fofi Mendez, the principle at Mendez Consulting, Inc., says the memory still sends a shiver down her spine. She had an established career in Colorado working in the anti-violence realm, directing victim’s services for the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program – now known as the Blue Bench – starting in the…
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Dems DeGette, Norris spar at CD1 primary debate
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette says she isn’t taking anything for granted in the June primary, when she faces her first Democratic challenger in 14 years. “I always run hard,” DeGette, 58, told The Colorado Statesman on Saturday after a 90-minute debate with challenger Chuck Norris. “As I’ve said, I think I need to make my…
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Cowart: Defunding Planned Parenthood: Real impacts on real people
The Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic opened its doors to patients Feb. 15 after two months of being closed from the tragic events that occurred on Nov. 27. The opening is a part of the healing process, and it allows our patients to get health care close to home, rather than drive to other clinics…
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Video: Windholz recall campaign turns eyes to November election
Organizers of an effort to force Rep. Joann Windholz, R-Commerce City, to resign presented her office with about 63,000 signatures Tuesday at the Capitol. The petitioners cited “hateful” comments she made after the November shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. “I can’t think of many things that would be more irresponsible and…
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Sen. Ulibarri steps up game for abortion advocacy
It was his experience as an adoptive parent that spurred state Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Westminster, to join a national push to protect abortion services this election year from intense and successful efforts around the country to trim those services back. “I had the ability to choose how our family was made and I think it…