New research from the University of Colorado in Boulder shows that banning abortion in the U.S. could lead to a huge increase in maternal deaths, particularly for Black women who already face a high maternal mortality rate.
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Colorado Congressional Dems Vote in Favor of Bill Protecting Abortion Rights
A bill that would protect the right to abortion passed the U.S. House of Representatives today with unanimous support from Colorado’s Congressional Democrats and unanimous opposition from Colorado Republicans.
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Boebert Lashes Out After Facebook Warns Users About Her Graphic Anti-Abortion Video
As the fight over abortion rights plays out across the U.S., Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is doubling down on her extreme anti-abortion rhetoric.
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Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Center Director Urges Unvaccinated Nurses to Apply
The director of an anti-abortion pregnancy center in Pueblo is assuring nurses who are looking for work that they don’t need to be vaccinated to work at her pregnancy center despite the Colorado Board of Health’s order requiring staff at hospitals and health facilities to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Who Is Heidi Ganahl, Republican Candidate for Colorado Governor?
On Friday, Sept. 10, after months of speculation, University of Colorado (CU) Regent Heidi Ganahl filed paperwork to run for Colorado governor in 2022.
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Colorado Advocates Are Helping Texans Get Abortions. Here’s How.
For abortion advocates in Colorado, confronting a situation in which the U.S. Supreme Court shuts down access to abortion in conservative states, requiring Colorado to take in huge waves of patients, has been a matter of when, not if.
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Republican Lawmakers in CO Pushed an ‘Abortion Surveillance’ Bill Earlier This Year
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in March after a Colorado Republican lawmaker introduced a bill that would have required abortion providers to interrogate patients and collect deeply personal information about them to be compiled in a public report. We’re republishing it now in light of Texas’ Senate Bill 8 going into effect, which deputizes private citizens to enforce a ban on abortion, effectively creating an abortion surveillance state. Now, the notion of a public registrar with personal details about the lives of abortion seekers takes on new meaning as private citizens are incentivized to sue anyone who provides or aids and abets an abortion in Texas.
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‘Ready to Help’: CO Advocates React to Abortion Rights Catastrophe in Texas
At midnight last night, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a law banning nearly all abortions in Texas to go into effect, almost completely cutting off access to abortion care in the second-largest state in the country and signaling serious trouble for the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nearly 50 years ago.
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Heidi Ganahl Praises ‘Our Lauren Boebert’ and ‘Red Wave’ of GOP Women in Politics
At a Teller County Republican “Big Tent Event” over the weekend, rumored gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl praised the success of fellow Republican women being elected to political offices, including Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.
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Abortion Rights Matter to Young People. Here’s How They Can Get Involved in CO
The fight to preserve abortion rights and expand access to reproductive care is ramping up as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case that could overturn Roe, and advocates in Colorado are calling on young people to get involved.