roe v wade
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Denver’s Global Down Syndrome Foundation pulled into abortion debate
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As the criminalization of aborting fetuses likely to be born with Down syndrome gains momentum in Utah and other states, it was just a matter of time until the Global Down Syndrome Foundation was called in. The research organization is a world leader on the Down syndrome, so it was natural for The Washington Post…
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Republicans recognize being anti-choice is a losing proposition
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For 50 years, Colorado has been a leader in protecting and expanding access to women’s health care – and in proving that being pro-choice on abortion rights is a political winner. In April 1967, Colorado passed the nation’s first state law allowing safe, legal abortion. It was a bipartisan bill, passed in a majority-Republican legislature.…
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Middleton: Why attacking reproductive freedom in Colorado is backfiring
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An interesting thing happened on the way to NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado’s 2016 Annual Gala and Silent Auction: after an escalation of both physical and legislative attacks on reproductive rights over the past year, it turned into one of our biggest events ever in terms of attendance. We included a very special award to Vicki Cowart and…
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Friday House Notes: Roe v. Wade anniversary; Broncos-based bipartisanship
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Abortion decision recognition Democratic members of the House took time Friday morning in the chamber to recognize the 43rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Speakers, including Reps. KC Becker, D-Boulder, Angela Williams, D-Denver, Joann Ginal, D-Fort Collins, Lois Court, D-Denver, Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, and Max Tyler, D-Lakewood,…