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Facing “hostile” national abortion landscape, Colorado Democrats plan bills to strengthen state laws

Colorado lawmakers this week plan to introduce a pair of bills that would further strengthen state laws around abortion access — aimed both at building off recent ballot box success in the state and guarding against potential federal action.

 

 

 

Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom demonstrate on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on January 22, 2024. The group kicked off its campaign to place an amendment on Colorado’s Nov. 5 ballot to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, later designated as Amendment 79. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)