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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