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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 The amendment established a right to abortion in the Constitution of Colorado and repealed a constitutional ban on public funding for abortions.
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 ...
Nearly 62 percent of voters in Colorado approved Amendment 79, which will preserve Coloradans’ constitutional right to abortion, according to the AP. Colorado is one of a few states that imposes ...
The initiative — called Amendment 79 — makes abortion a constitutional right in Colorado and repeals the existing constitutional ban on state and local governments from funding abortion services.
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 ...
Abortion is legal in Colorado at all stages of pregnancy. Minors' parents or legal guardians must receive notice before the procedure. [16] In 2008, Kristine and Michael Burton of Colorado for Equal Rights proposed Colorado Amendment 48, an initiative to amend the definition of a person to "any human being from the moment of fertilization".
NBC News is tracking the status of state-level abortion laws and restrictions across the United States now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade
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 ...