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Colorado became a territory in 1861, [10] and its General Laws included a ban on abortion: [11] "[E]very person who shall administer substance or liquid, or who shall use or cause to be used any instrument, of whatsoever kind, with the intention to procure the miscarriage of any woman then being with child, and shall thereof be duly convicted, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three ...
2024 Colorado Amendment 79 was a constitutional amendment that appeared on the November 5, 2024 ballot. The amendment established a right to abortion in the Constitution of Colorado and repealed a constitutional ban on public funding for abortions.
But the new law was later struck down by the Kansas Court of Appeals in January 2016, without ever having gone into effect. [79] In April 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decision, and ruled that the right to abortion is inherent within the state's constitution and bill of rights, such that, even if Roe v.
The ballot measure enshrining the right to an abortion in the Colorado state constitution has passed. The initiative — called Amendment 79 — makes abortion a constitutional right in Colorado ...
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 ...
Under current Arizona law, abortion is legal up until the 15th week of pregnancy, with an exception after that to save the woman’s life and no exceptions after that for rape or incest. If voters ...
A 360 in-depth look at how Colorado's abortion laws compare to other states and what Roe v. Wade's future could mean for other similar landmark cases.
From October through December 2023, nearly 8,000 people per month in anti-abortion states were getting abortion medication from clinicians operating in states with shield laws. [15] In 10 anti-abortion states, the number of women receiving abortions increased between 2020 and the end of 2023. [ 16 ]