Colorado Proposed Amendment Opens Door for Taxpayer-Funded Abortions Throughout PregnancyKatherine Hamilton 25 Oct 2024
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Colorado is already one of nine states as well as Washington, DC, that has no restrictions on abortion, meaning unborn babies can be legally aborted throughout pregnancy.
A proposed amendment to go before voters in November would go a step further, codifying an unfettered right to abortion throughout pregnancy into the state constitution and opening the door to taxpayer-funded abortions.
The proposed abortion measure is called Amendment 79 and was put forward by the group Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom and is endorsed by far-left groups and abortion giant Planned Parenthood. The amendment would ultimately enshrine the right to unlimited abortion in the state constitution and would also override a 1984 measure that prohibits health insurance from covering abortions for public employees and those on public insurance.
Colorado ballots will read:
Shall there be a change to the Colorado constitution recognizing the right to abortion, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the state and local governments from denying, impeding, or discriminating against the exercise of that right, allowing abortion to be a covered service under health insurance plans for Colorado state and local government employees and for enrollees in state and local governmental insurance programs?
The official text of the measure states:
The right to abortion is hereby recognized. Government shall not deny, impede, or discriminate against the exercise of that right, including prohibiting health insurance coverage for abortion.
The measure would need the support of 55 percent of voters to pass.
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