The Quickie: Colorado Advocates Launch Abortion Rights Ballot Measure Campaign

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In today’s Quickie: Colorado launches abortion rights ballot measure.

COLORADO ADVOCATES LAUNCH ABORTION RIGHTS BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGN: Yesterday, a coalition of advocates launched Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom, a campaign to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

As reported by NBC News, “Organizers behind the Colorado amendment effort say it’s crucial to formally enshrine those rights so future lawmakers don’t have the opportunity to undo the robust protections the state offers women seeking abortions and other reproductive care — not only for its own residents, but for the surge of women traveling to the state.”

The measure would not only establish a right to abortion but also prohibit restrictions on insurance coverage of abortion in the state.

“We’re a place where people look at us and say, ‘Colorado is a place where they look out for people and they protect people,’” spokesperson Laura Chapin told NBC News. “So I think for us this ballot measure is both practical and symbolic.”

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