Schultheis’ stumble on HIV moms wins unlikely ally
After setting off a national firestorm over a series of dig-the-hole deeper statements that HIV testing of pregnant women rewards promiscuity, state Sen. Dave Schultheis may have found himself a very improbable ally.
Harvey, Lundberg argue contraception kills on Senate birth control bill
Semantics were the order of the day when conservative Republican state senators attempted to weaken a bill defining contraception arguing that the state must first define that "life begins at conception."
TCI Street Poll: Hospital visitation rights for everyone?
While the Colorado legislature debates state Rep. Mark Ferrandino and Sen. Jennifer Veiga's H.B. 1260 to allow adults to enter into "designated beneficiary agreements" that would provide a legal right for hospital visits among other rights for non-married persons. Do you agree with the Denver Democrats' efforts?
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Doctors don’t flee states over malpractice liability
Public News Service busts the tort reform myth that physicians are abandoning their practices for states with tougher malpractice award caps.
Schultheis blames reporter for HIV moms, babies flap
Square State blogger Sufimarie posts an email from state Sen. Dave Schultheis blaming Rocky Mountain News reporter Lynn Bartels reporter for sullying his reputation by not helping him clarify his own clumsy remarks that HIV infected babies would cause families to “see the negative consequences of that promiscuity.”
The commented stemmed from the Colorado Springs senator's argument Wednesday on the Senate floor that a bill requiring HIV tests for pregnant women would reward promiscuity.
Olbermann names Schultheis ‘Worst Person in the World’ for HIV+ moms, babies remark
State Sen. Dave Schultheis earned a distinction he probably won't be using in his next electoral bid — "Worst Person in the World" — from the liberal MSNBC news analysis program Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
Schultheis has received universal scorn for his remarks yesterday that HIV testing for pregnant woman 'rewards promiscuity' and that babies born HIV positive are punishment for immoral behavior during a Colorado Senate floor debate on a communicable disease control bill.
UPDATED: State senator: HIV babies are punishment for promiscuous moms
State Sen. Dave Schultheis restated his opposition to a bill over requiring HIV tests for pregnant women by claiming that infected babies would cause families to "see the negative consequences of that promiscuity."
UPDATE: The Rocky re-arranged its original story posted at 1:05 p.m. and buried Sen. Schultheis' controversial quote in a linked side bar.
Religious group flays Renfroe over remarks on gays, murder as ‘hate speech’
A spokesman for the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado on Wednesday condemned remarks made Monday by state Sen. Scott Renfroe when he called homosexuality an "abomination" and an "offense to God" in a debate over a bill to extend health benefits to same-sex partners of state employees.
"As a Christian, I am profoundly saddened by the hate speech uttered by Sen. Renfroe in the name of God,” the Rev. Richard Craft, interim pastor at Family of Christ Presbyterian Church of Greeley, said in a statement.
Schultheis: HIV testing for pregnant moms rewards ‘sexual promiscuity’
Democrats were outraged Wednesday morning when Republican state Sen. Dave Schultheis said he planned to vote against a bill to require HIV tests for pregnant women because the disease "stems from sexual promiscuity" and he didn't think the Legislature should "remove the negative consequences that take place from poor behavior and unacceptable behavior." The Colorado Springs lawmaker then proceeded to cast the lone vote against SB-179, which passed 32-1 and moves on to the House.
UPDATE: Schultheis restates his opposition to the bill by claiming HIV babies are punishment for promiscuous moms.
Conservative blogger calls on Renfroe to resign over ‘bigoted’ remarks; Colorado GOP mum
Conservative blogger and columnist Ari Armstrong says state Sen. Scott Renfroe should resign and calls on the state GOP to "publicly condemn" the Greeley Republican for his remarks comparing homosexuality to murder during a debate over a bill to extend health benefits to same-sex partners of state employees.
"It's the right thing to do," Armstrong writes in his FreeColorado.com blog, "and it's also the prudent political move, if the GOP wishes to be taken seriously as a political force in Colorado."