DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The abortion battle in Colorado is coming to a head as two opposing abortion initiatives are trying to make the November ballot.
Hundreds of people rallied at the Colorado State Capitol on Monday. Many signs read “My Body. My Choice.” or “Protect Abortion Access.” It was the 51st anniversary of the passing of Roe v. Wade and the launch of an initiative to add abortion rights to Colorado’s constitution.
Colorado has some of the strongest abortion laws in the country, allowing abortions all nine months of pregnancy. Last year, lawmakers approved the right to abortion in anticipation of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. But this initiative would take it one step further by adding abortion rights to the state’s constitution.
“Politics change with the wind and by putting protections to abortion in our state constitution, that means that bodily autonomy will be protected in perpetuity,” said Nicole Hensel, the executive director of New Era and a proponent of the pro-abortion initiative.