Tag: IUD
Homebrew: Colorado birth control program dries up
Birth control
Over six years, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment provided women with long-acting contraceptives at little or no cost, and teen birth and abortion...
Planned Parenthood laments losses, throws birth-control bake sale
This legislative session in Colorado was marked by "an unprecedented number of attacks on reproductive health care," according to a statement released by Planned Parenthood Votes,...
Thunderdome 2015: Teen-pregnancy science vs. confusion
“Thunderdome 2015” is The Colorado Independent's wrap-up series on the 2015 legislative season. For a series overview, check out “Thunderdome 2015: 120 days under the...
IUD funding slashed from state budget, House considers new approach
The bipartisan battle to secure $5 million to fund a Colorado program that offers teens long-acting reversible birth control hit another snag at the...
House Dems have a ‘plan B’ for state-funded birth control program
Colorado Senate Republicans are likely to defeat a bill to direct $5 million toward giving low-income women free, long-acting, reversible birth control like intrauterine devices....
#Coleg Notebook: Wins under the Gold Dome for IUDs and...
Colorado's much-lauded 40 percent reduction in teen pregnancy rates has shifted the debate over lady parts at the Capitol, in what seems a productive...
Statetap: Future of Colorado teen contraceptive program uncertain
Officials say they'll need $5 million to keep the program going and, although everyone agrees the decline in unwanted pregnancy and abortion is a good thing, the new Republican-controlled state Senate may be reluctant to fund contraception.
Second guv debate: Hickenlooper’s head versus Beauprez’s gut
DENVER -- Republican challenger Bob Beauprez Tuesday night pitched himself as a gutsy decision-maker in his second debate with Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper. It...
Littwin: Ladies and gentleman, Not-Wingnut Bob for governor
Bob Beauprez is not Tom Tancredo. That's the whole reason Republicans nominated him to run for governor. That's the reason he was recruited. The...