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Cobalt Statement on the Supreme Courts Decision Allowing States to Deny Patients Abortion Care Under the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

For Immediate Release: June 26, 2024 For More Information: Laura K Chapin Media Communications Director, Cobalt (303) 954-8416 Laura@cobaltadvocates.org   COBALT STATEMENT ON THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION ALLOWING STATES TO DENY PATIENTS ABORTION CARE UNDER THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND LABOR ACT (EMTALA) Denver – Cobalt today issued the following statement regarding the Supreme …

Anti-Abortion Extremists in Pueblo Poised to Attempt Another Abortion Ban

For Immediate Release: September 18, 2024 For More Information: Laura K Chapin Media Communications Director, Cobalt (303) 954-8416 Laura@cobaltadvocates.org   ANTI-ABORTION EXTREMISTS IN PUEBLO POISED TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER ABORTION BAN Pueblo – Just as they did in 2022, anti-abortion extremists in Pueblo are poised to attempt another municipal abortion ban in Pueblo. The 2022 effort was …

The People Have Spoken: YES on Amendment 79 Celebrates Vote to Protect Abortion Access in State Constitution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 5, 2024 PRESS CONTACT: erika@newheightscommunications.com   The People Have Spoken: YES on Amendment 79 Celebrates Vote to Protect Abortion Access in State Constitution DENVER — Today, Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom, the campaign backing Amendment 79 to codify abortion rights in the Colorado constitution, celebrated the ballot measure’s historic victory. “The …

Amendment 79 by the Numbers: Abortion Rights Again Outperform Top of the Ticket, Winning Six of Eight Colorado Congressional Districts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2024 PRESS CONTACT: erika@newheightscommunications.com   DENVER — Colorado voters continue to emphatically back abortion rights and access across geographic and party lines as Amendment 79 not only outperformed the top of the ticket in 2024, it won a majority in six of eight Colorado Congressional Districts. As a Constitutional measure, …

Cobalt Announces 2024 State and Federal Candidate Endorsements

For Immediate Release: September 5, 2024 For More Information: Laura K Chapin, Media Communications Director (303) 954-8416 home office, (202) 236-6161 cell COBALT ANNOUNCES 2024 STATE AND FEDERAL CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS Denver – Cobalt, a grassroots abortion and reproductive rights advocacy organization representing nearly 200,000 Coloradans statewide, today announced its candidate endorsements for the 2024 election …

Cobalt Endorses Abortion Rights Champion Kamala Harris for President

Denver — Colorado abortion rights advocacy organization Cobalt today endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign for President of the United States. According to Cobalt President Karen Middleton: “First of all, we must express our gratitude to President Joe Biden for putting the country before himself, stepping down as a candidate, and endorsing Vice President Harris. His …

Cobalt Statement on Attorneys General from Abortion Ban States Demanding Private Medical Records from Abortion Patients Who Have Gone to Other States for Care

The Colorado Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Coalition is pushing to end the state’s prohibition on public funds for abortion care and codify abortion protections through a ballot measure for the 2024 election.

Initiative 89 officially passed the state Title Board on October 18; its language adds a specific right to abortion to Article II of the …