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Despite Trump's Planned Parenthood Penalty, Abortions are Still Available to Colorado Patients with Medicade (Opinion)

As current and former providers, we are feeling the attacks ourselves, just as we did in those terrible days right after the Dobbs decision. The deliberate trauma hurts everyone.

First things first: You can get an abortion in Colorado, whether procedural or medication abortion. If you are on Medicaid, you can still get an abortion in Colorado. Individual providers can still provide abortion care to people who need it, regardless of whether they have public or private insurance. And if you have a problem paying for your abortion, please reach out to the Cobalt Abortion Fund …

April 8, 2025

Don Aptekar | Guest Commentary and Kara Alexandrovic | Guest Commentary

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Nation’s first female third-trimester abortion doctor wants to build compassion by telling patients’ stories

Dr. Shelley Sella turned the 22 journals she wrote over 20 years into a book she hopes will help people understand abortions in later pregnancy

Dr. Shelley Sella, the first woman in the nation to openly offer third-trimester abortions, took out a pen and began to journal as she traveled on a plane to her first day of work at a Kansas clinic.

Nearly 20 years later, she had 22 notebooks filled with medical notes and, mainly, patients’ stories.

Reproductive organization reflects on Dobbs Decision and impact to Colorado

DENVER (KDVR) — Tuesday marks three years since the Dobbs Decision, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

FOX31 has told you about an uptick in people traveling to Colorado for abortion care over the years. We wanted to know if people are still coming.
Abortions continued rising in 2024 despite state bans: Report

Three years after the Dobbs Decision, reproductive rights advocates are reflecting on the work t...

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Despite Trump’s Planned Parenthood Penalty, Abortions are Still Available to Colorado Patients with Medicade (Opinion)

As current and former providers, we are feeling the attacks ourselves, just as we did in those terrible days right after the Dobbs decision. The deliberate trauma hurts everyone.

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Colorado Times Recorder
Colorado Legislature Considers Bill to Require Hospitals Provide Emergency Services to All Who Come In

The Colorado legislature is currently weighing a bill that would mandate that hospitals’ emergency departments, which include delivery and labor departments, provide care for patients regardless of their ability to pay or other qualities.

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Colorado Times Recorder
CO Dems Update Abortion Shield Law to Fight Red State Lawsuits Targeting Patients & Providers

Colorado legislators are moving to strengthen Colorado’s shield law, which protects abortion patients and providers from prosecution by states where abortion is illegal.

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Denver Post
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.      

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ProPublica
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found.

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NBC News
Supreme Court rejects challenges to abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’ laws that restrict protesters

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider overturning a 25-year-old precedent that upheld “buffer zone” laws limiting how close protesters can get to abortion clinic entrances.

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Colorado Newsline
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 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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