Colorado Times Recorder’s 2024 reproductive justice coverage was focused largely on efforts to pass Amendment 79 and coverage of congressional candidates, particularly Jeff Crank in CD5 and Gabe Evans in CD8. Additionally, we reported on municipal efforts to ban abortion in Pueblo, and how municipalities like Pueblo are funding anti-abortion centers, and how school districts like Woodland Park are using anti-abortion centers to teach sex ed.
We covered Amendment 79 from start to finish, from the Colorado Title Board to the ballot, and beyond. Here are some highlights:
Jan. 23, 2024, “Advocates Rally for Launch of “Right to Abortion” Ballot Initiative.”
Sept. 5, 2024, “Republicans Block Amendment to Abortion Ballot Measure’s Blue Book Language.”
Nov. 6, 2024, “Coloradans Pass Abortion Protection Amendment, But Concerns Of Federal Threats Continue.”
We also covered this year’s efforts by Republicans to criminalize abortion, and Colorado’s very first “March for Life” event. The measure failed, just like it did in 2023, and 2022:
March 6, 2024, “Dems Defeat ‘Extreme’ Anti-Abortion Bills.”
April 15, 2024, “Inaugural March for Life Attacks Colorado Abortion Policy and Prop 89.”
We highlighted the anti-abortion positions of Republicans like Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans:
May 28, 2024, “Anti-Abortion Group Endorses Crank.”
June 3, 2024, “Colorado Congressional Candidates Crank and Williams Court Voters at Walk for Life.”
July 18, 2024, “Anti-Abortion Candidate Says He Doesn’t Understand the ‘Nuances to That Female Reproductive Care Stuff’ Because ‘I Don’t Got the Right Parts’.”
Aug. 30, 2024, “As Trump Flip-Flops, CO Congressional Candidate Evans’ Anti-Choice Record Includes Calling a ‘Fundamental Right’ to Abortion ‘Ridiculous’.”
Oct. 24, 2024, “Evans Endorsed by Anti-Abortion Lawmakers.”
While abortion advocates have had big wins in Colorado, anti-abortion activists have moved to targeting municipalities. We covered efforts to ban abortion in Pueblo, funding of anti-abortion centers by city and county governments, and anti-abortion centers working with school districts to teach sex-ed:
Aug. 8, 2024, “Pueblo City, County Governments Fund Anti-Abortion Banquet.”
Sept. 18, 2024, “Pueblo City Council to Revisit Abortion Fight.”
Dec. 4, 2024, “Anti-Abortion Center Teaching Sex Ed in Woodland Park
