Colorado ballot measure to decide abortion access expansion, taxpayer funding
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - One of the many ballot initiatives Colorado voters will decide on in November’s general election is whether or not to enshrine abortion in the Colorado constitution.
If 55 percent of voters approve Amendment 79, abortion will not only become a constitutional right in Colorado, but state and local governments would be barred from getting in the way of anyone wanting to terminate a pregnancy.
Abortion is already legal in Colorado, as the current state statute allows a pregnancy to be terminated at any time. Proponents of the amendment said it’s necessary to make sure abortion rights are protected, regardless of political climate.
“A right without access is a right only in name and one bad election and one stroke of the pen could take away our right to abortion in Colorado if our majorities in the state leg could change,” New Era Colorado Deputy Director Christina Soliz said.
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