reproductive rights
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Federal judge narrowly blocks new Colorado abortion law
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A federal judge on Saturday issued a narrow order blocking enforcement of a newly-enacted Colorado law that cracks down on treatments to purportedly reverse medication-induced abortions. On April 14, Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 190 as part of a package of measures bolstering reproductive rights in the state. SB 190 subjects licensed medical providers…
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Catholic bishops ‘mourn’ abortion bills, call them ‘immoral coercion’
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Catholic leaders said they are “mourning” the enactment of three more abortion laws in Colorado, arguing they remove women’s choice and violate the First Amendment rights of Coloradans who want to support women in carrying a pregnancy through. The Catholic leaders also accused Colorado’s Democratic policymakers of preferring abortion over “life-affirming” care. Gov. Jared Polis…
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Colorado bolsters abortion rights with signing of 3 new laws
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Colorado secured its status as an abortion sanctuary state on Friday, when the governor signed a trio of bills bolstering abortion rights. Gov. Jared Polis gave final approval to the bill package, designed to protect and increase access to abortion in the state, just over one year after Colorado enshrined abortion as a fundamental right. The bills became…
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What do dueling mifepristone rulings mean for Colorado?
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On Friday, a federal judge in Texas issued a ruling to suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone. That same day, another federal judge in Washington released a contradictory decision in a case where Colorado is among the plaintiffs. Here is an overview of what happened and what to expect. Q: What…
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‘We will not give up:’ Anti-abortion protesters urge Polis to veto bills bolstering abortion rights
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Since the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights last year, Colorado has emerged as a national leader for abortion access. But not all Coloradans are on board with the state’s new status. Around 200 people gathered outside of the state Capitol Tuesday morning, protesting a trio of bills passed by the state legislature to bolster…
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Colorado Democratic lawmakers huddle with White House ahead of legislative session
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Several Colorado state lawmakers traveled to Washington D.C. this week to meet with White House officials ahead of the 2023 legislative session. State Sen. Julie Gonzales and state Rep. Meg Froelich visited the White House Wednesday to discuss their work protecting reproductive rights. Gonzales and Froelich are among around 50 Democratic state lawmakers who visited the White House,…
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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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Bill to protect abortion rights wins approval from Democratic-controlled House panel
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Lawmakers worked overnight and into early Thursday morning on legislation that seeks to enshrine the unequivocal right to an abortion in state law. The House Health & Insurance Committee approved House Bill 1279 along a 7-4 party-line vote just after 3:40 a.m. More than 300 people signed up to testify on the bill, also known…
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Polis: I’ll stand up for reproductive rights if elected governor
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There’s no “personhood’ amendment among the dozen measures voters will address on the November ballot. But according to U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, the Democratic party’s candidate for governor, reproductive rights are on the ballot in November in the form of who gets elected governor. Polis, who spoke at a roundtable hosted by Planned Parenthood of…
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SLOAN | How well can Colorado law address the heinous crime in Frederick?
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The murders, by all accounts, were about as gruesome as one would care to imagine. Such horrors cannot really be quantified, of course, but nevertheless anytime such a crime occurs which extinguishes life barely begun, the normal human mind reels a little more. The nature of the murders for which Chris Watts of Frederick has…
