Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the bill that guarantees abortion access and other reproductive rights in state statute on Monday.
HB22-1279, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, says that state and local public entities are prohibited from interfering with a person’s right to continue a pregnancy, give birth, or have an abortion. It also calls people’s access to contraception a “fundamental right.”
Polis thanked the bill’s sponsors – Rep. Meg Froelich, House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar and Sen. Julie Gonzales – for sponsoring the legislation as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule this summer on a challenge regarding a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks, which the sponsors and other say is a direct challenge to the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
Sponsors have pointed to Texas’ Senate Bill 8 took effect last September, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.They have also said that Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada would likely be the only states in the Rocky Mountain region where people might have access to abortion care. Sponsors said earlier this month they will also prepare a statewide constitutional amendment ballot measure for 2024 to enshrine reproductive rights in the constitution as well.
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