The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opill (norgestrel) for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy. This is the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. Consumers will be able to purchase the oral contraceptive without a prescription at drug stores, convenience stores and grocery stores, as well as online.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) criticized Adam Frisch, her Democratic opponent, running for her seat for the second time, and attacked Melvin and Hope, Frisch’s father and sister, for their history as OB-GYNs.
Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO), alongside others, have introduced the Right to Contraception Act, which would codify and strengthen the legal right to contraceptives.
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) heard from stakeholders yesterday as part of the legislative implementation process for recently passed Senate Bill 190, which targets “deceptive trade practices” of anti-abortion centers, particularly their marketing of abortion pill reversal, a practice the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists argues is “not supported by science.”
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) celebrated its 25th anniversary and the recent passage of the Colorado Democrats’ “Safe Access to Protected Health Care” package of legislation during a Thursday event in Denver’s Santa Fe Art District.
On the radio last week State Rep. Rose Pugliese (R-Colorado Springs) continued to push her misleading claim that the new abortion bills passed this session allow children as young as 10 to get an abortion without their parents’ knowledge or consent. Her argument is disingenuous for two reasons. First, a 10 or 12 year-old girl isn’t allowed to “make medical decisions for herself.” Even if the parents aren’t notified, a judge must be convinced to grant permission before anything can happen. Second, the bill that prompted Pugliese’s non sequitur of an objection has nothing to do with parental notification, and she was informed of that immediately, during the bill’s debate on the House floor.
During the debate on the Safe Access to Protected Health Care bill package, I learned Rep. Stephanie Luck (R-Penrose) and I have something in common: we’ve both had miscarriages. And we’re both fortunate enough to live in Colorado, a state where our doctors can give us the best medical advice on how to treat them – without abortion bans and bounty hunter laws hanging over our heads.
Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) signed the “Safe Access to Protected Health Care” package of legislation into law Friday, and within hours a legal challenge was filed by The Becket Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based, non-profit law firm, on behalf of Bella Health and Wellness (Bella), a Catholic healthcare provider, against SB23-190, which targets the marketing practices of anti-abortion centers and their use of an unproven pill to reverse an abortion.
Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump-appointed federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, has issued a ruling to stay the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions. Medication abortions consist of two medications, mifepristone, which blocks the body’s production of progesterone, stopping the pregnancy from progressing, and misoprostol, which causes the uterus to expel the aborted material.
While the Colorado Senate considered the House’s amendments to the “Safe Access to Protected Health Care” package of legislation, members of Colorado for Life, Colorado Christian University, Focus on the Family, the Colorado Catholic Conference, and other anti-abortion groups took part in a “Rally for Life” on the Capitol steps.
