Tag: birth control
Udall talks Not My Boss’s Business Act
DENVER — Senator Mark Udall joined women's health advocates today to discuss his newest bill, which would effectively overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's recent...
Colorado Democrats lead charge to overturn Hobby Lobby decision
Colorado Democrats in Washington D.C. have rallied around a bill that would ban corporations from refusing to cover any health services or benefits ensured by federal law.
Wiretap: In the culture wars, women still losing
The Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision is just the latest example of how women's rights are being abridged. It's not only women who are losing, though. Republicans are losing, too.
Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision knocks up Colorado politics
Reactions in Colorado were nearly immediate and came from both politicians and advocacy groups, who all see the decision throwing added fuel on the already-hot topic of womens' health in the upcoming election.
Rep. DeGette, ProgressNow join fast-spinning newscycle on Gardner and women’s health
In the digital era, fast-turning messaging cycles like this one are typical, which at this point doesn't seem like a good thing for Gardner. His mixed messages on personhood and contraception are likely to keep spinning like brightly colored pinwheels above his campaign until Election Day.
Littwin: Just answer the question, Mr. Gardner
Cory Gardner's proclaimed movement on 'personhood' is not evolution. What he's doing is much closer to creationism.
Colorado women protest Attorney General’s support of Hobby Lobby with crafts
Attached to pipe-cleaner IUDs and pills made of glitter, Colorado women included messages like, "I <3 BC," and "Only my Dr. and I know which birth control method is best for me. Interfering with that decision is not my boss's or your business!"
Colorado AG joins anti-Obamacare birth control case
Suthers is siding with the craft store corporation Hobby Lobby, arguing that the mandate trammels the constitutional religious freedom rights.
Conservative Rep. Stephens Supports ‘Abortion Pill’ in Instances of Rape, Incest
Rep. Amy Stephens -- a Colorado Springs Republican who once worked for evangelical powerhouse organization Focus on the Family -- argued Tuesday against an anti-abortion proposal that would have made providing emergency contraception to victims of rape and incest a Class 3 felony.
Ideology Trumped Science in Weld County Contraception Decision
When Weld County commissioners decided to stop providing emergency contraception to county patients, concerns rooted in anti-abortion politics trumped scientific facts and testimony provided by the county’s medical chief, according to documents obtained by The Colorado Independent.