State Senate candidate Christine Jensen of Wheat Ridge opposes all public funding for Planned Parenthood, including all funds via Medicaid, which is the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people.
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Gardner Casts Tenth Vote To Defund Planned Parenthood Since He’s Held Federal Office
The Colorado Times Recorder reported last September that Colorado’s Republican Senator Cory Gardner had voted nine times to strip federal funding Planned Parenthood since he’s held federal office.
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Trump’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood won’t work in Colorado. Here’s why.
When the Trump Administration proposed a new rule last month to strip federal funding from abortion providers nationwide, many saw it as an attack on Planned Parenthood, which the president has repeatedly said he’d like to “defund.”
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Denver Mayor’s support for anti-abortion group raises questions about his stance on reproductive rights
Denver’s Democratic Mayor Michael Hancock appears to have helped fundraise for an event earlier this year meant to “celebrate the joy of life” and support anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
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Cynthia Coffman was once a leading figure in a successful effort to defund Planned Parenthood, but has she changed her view?
Asked last week whether she thinks Planned Parenthood’s non-abortion family planning services, like consultation and exams related to birth control, should receive tax-payer funds, which she’s opposed in the past, Republican gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman said my question required a long conversation another time, indicating that she may have changed her view on it.
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Why gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman apparently doesn’t want to talk about Planned Parenthood anymore
Republican gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman, who’s also Colorado’s attorney general, spent a substantial chunk of time during her early career helping Colorado Republicans develop legal arguments to defund Planned Parenthood.
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Coffman backtracks on support for Dream Act, calling the bill “unrealistic” even though he’s voted repeatedly for Hail Mary legislation
During a raucous town hall meeting Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) backed off a pledge of support for the Dream Act, which he co-sponsored just last year.
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Gardner votes to ban abortion after 20 weeks
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) voted in favor of a bill Monday that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks and threatened doctors who perform those abortions with up to five years in jail.
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Colorado Supreme Court rules Planned Parenthood defunding could lead to “absurd result”
Conservatives across the country have long sought to ban any public funds from going to Planned Parenthood because the organization performs abortions.
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PHOTOS: Protesters dressed as ‘handmaids’ greet Pence in Denver
Despite Thursday’s near-freezing temperatures, hundreds of protesters, including more than a hundred dressed as “handmaids”, greeted Vice President Mike Pence at his Denver fundraising event at the Denver Marriott Tech Center.