Colorado abortion rights groups formally launch 2024 ballot measure effort ( www.nbcnews.com )

The effort makes Colorado the eighth state where reproductive rights groups will seek to enshrine abortion rights in a state constitution via a citizen-led ballot initiative.

A coalition of reproductive rights groups in Colorado officially kicked off an effort Monday to place an amendment on the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom is beginning its signature-collection efforts with events throughout the state — timing its campaign launch with the 51st anniversary of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which, until it was overturned in 2022, had legalized abortion rights throughout the U.S.

The group’s efforts make Colorado the eighth state where reproductive rights groups have advanced efforts seeking to enshrine abortion rights in a state constitution via a citizen-led ballot initiative in 2024. Other states where similar efforts are underway include Florida, Arizona, Montana and Missouri.

But unlike in those states, there are no laws restricting abortion care in Colorado. In fact, Colorado is one of six states where there are no gestational limits at all for women seeking abortion care. As a result, the state has become a haven of sorts for women living in conservative states where abortion is restricted or effectively illegal.

logicbomb ,

Holy crap that one sign goes hard!

"I wish Mary had access to abortion"

jballs ,
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God damn!

rayyy ,

Can we just call abortion what it is? - health care

jballs ,
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I dunno if that'll help. Republicans are very fond of giving people access to healthcare either.

autotldr Bot ,

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom is beginning its signature-collection efforts with events throughout the state — timing its campaign launch with the 51st anniversary of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which, until it was overturned in 2022, had legalized abortion rights throughout the U.S.

Organizers behind the Colorado amendment effort say it’s crucial to formally enshrine those rights so future lawmakers don’t have the opportunity to undo the robust protections the state offers women seeking abortions and other reproductive care — not only for its own residents, but for the surge of women traveling to the state.

Unlike in many other states, the process in Colorado for determining the language of the proposed amendment was settled before signature collection efforts got underway.

A lengthy process with state officials ended in late October, but Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom said it wanted to wait for the Roe anniversary to kick off its signature collection effort.

If they are successful, the measure would require the support of 55% of voters in November — not just a simple majority, as is the case in many other states — to pass.

Chapin expressed conviction that the group would meet the requirement and ultimately win in November, noting that abortion rights supporters defeated a proposed ballot initiative four years ago that sought to restrict abortion rights in the state 59% to 41% — a better margin of victory in the solidly blue state than Joe Biden’s in the presidential race that year.

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