The Threat Is Real

I'm thinking there are plenty of people who believe the pinch-faced god-knobbers would celebrate overturning Roe v Wade and have done with it - mission accomplished. Guess again, kids. The anti-woman, pro-forced-birth dickheads are still campaigning to get the power to kill reproductive rights everywhere.

When they said it was something they just wanted to leave up to the states, they were lying. The asinine clowns with the equally asinine label "pro-life" are desperate to make it impossible for the states to decide these things for themselves. They want nothing short of a national ban, and they've said as much.

Colorado is trying to install language in their constitution that guarantees a woman's right to choose abortion at her discretion.

Colorado Right to Abortion and Health Insurance Coverage Initiative (2024)

The Colorado Right to Abortion and Health Insurance Coverage Initiative is on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.

A "yes" vote supports creating a right to abortion in the state constitution and allowing the use of public funds for abortion.

A "no" vote opposes creating a right to abortion in the state constitution and opposes repealing a constitutional provision that bans the use of public funds for abortion.

Supermajority requirement: A 55% supermajority vote is required for the approval of the initiative.

Additional information on abortion-related ballot measures

As of June 14, 2024, four statewide ballot measures related to abortion were certified for the ballot in 2024.

This initiative would provide a right to abortion in the state constitution. The initiative would prohibit the state or local governments from denying or impeding the right to an abortion and allow abortion to be a covered service under health insurance plans. The initiative would repeal Section 50 of Article V of the Colorado Constitution, adopted in 1984, which prohibited the use of public funds for abortion.[1][2]

What is the current status of abortion in Colorado?

Colorado is one of 10 states that does not restrict abortion after a specific point in a pregnancy.

In 1984, Coloradans voted 50.4% to 49.6% to ban public funding of abortion except for cases where the mother's life is in danger. The provision prevented state health insurance from covering abortions for government employees and others on state health insurance plans such as Medicaid. The measure was challenged in 1988 and was upheld by voters. In 1998, Coloradans voted 55% to 45% to require parents to be notified if their minor children seek an abortion and voted 51% to 49% to reject a ban on partial-birth abortion. In 2000, Colorado voters rejected a measure that would have required women to be given certain information from a physician at least 24 hours in advance of an abortion. Coloradans defeated three measures (in 2008, 2010, and 2014) that would have defined person to include fetuses or unborn human beings. In 2020, voters rejected an initiative that would have banned abortions after 22 weeks.

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