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Colorado voters will decide in November whether to protect abortion access in the state constitution

Initiative 89 would also lift the state’s nearly 40-year-old constitutional ban on state dollars being used to pay for abortions.

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to protect abortion access in the state constitution after elections officials Friday verified signatures collected for a ballot measure backed by abortion-rights groups.

The initiative would also lift the state’s nearly 40-year-old constitutional ban on state money being used to pay for abortions.

Democrats in the state legislature passed a bill in 2022 guaranteeing abortion access in state law. But that measure could be overturned or undermined by a simple majority vote in the General Assembly, or by the passage of a stat...

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Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Colorado Steer Patients Away from Abortion Providers

Crisis pregnancy centers — also known as alternative pregnancy centers and women’s health centers — attempt to steer pregnant people away from receiving care such as abortions. The centers are nonprofit organizations that advertise health care such as free pregnancy tests, abortion counseling, options counseling, ultrasounds and help during and after pregnancy.  However, the centers …

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The Mirror
Abortion Rights will be on the Ballot in Two US States After Successful Pro-choice Campaigns

In this time of uncertainty, we need to secure abortion rights and access in the Colorado Constitution, beyond the reach of politics and politicians,” declared Karen Middleton, president of Cobalt Abortion Fund in Colorado, on Friday.

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The Nation
The Abortion Pill Underground

Since Roe was overturned, thousands of people in red states have found a way to get an abortion—often thanks to providers operating at the edge of the law.

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VOX
The Supreme Court will Decide if States Can Ban Lifesaving Abortions

A federal law requires hospitals to provide abortions when necessary to prevent serious health consequences. The justices could neutralize that law.

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CPR News
Advocates for Legal Abortion take Critical Step to put Constitutional Amendment on the Ballot

“We turned in 232,000 signatures,” said Karen Middleton, the President of the abortion access nonprofit, Cobalt, one of the groups spearheading the effort.

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The Daily Beans
The Daily Beans: High Drama

That’s Karen Middleton, co chair of Colorado’s for protecting reproductive Freedom. Now, Middleton’s group said it submitted to state officials the signatures of more than 225,000 voters. That’s, uh, more than 124,000 that are required.

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JEZEBEL
Abortion Funds Are Spending Astronomical Amounts of Money to Help People Get Care

Breaking $1 million in annual client spending appears to be a bleak new norm. “As more states ban abortion, the demand on abortion funds like Cobalt Abortion Fund continues to escalate,” Cobalt President Karen Middleton said in a release.

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Colorado Sun
Colorado Voters will Decide in November Whether to Protect Abortion Access in the State Constitution

The measure says that the government “shall not deny, impede, or discriminate against the exercise of the right to abortion, including prohibiting health insurance coverage for abortion.

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