Category: Abortion Rights
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My Story, My Choice
by Kaleigh Cousins As I was tabling for New Era Colorado at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) during the 2024 election season, it was clear that many students were interested in Amendment 79 and eager to protect reproductive rights in the state. What I saw on campus became clear through the election results:…
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STATEMENT: COLOR and New Era Colorado celebrate the cemented status of “abortion pill reversal” as unprofessional conduct, allowing first-in-nation law regulating medication abortion reversal to go into effect
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 Aurea Bolaños PereaStrategic Communications Director, COLORaurea@colorlatina.org Camila NavarretteCommunications Director, New Era Coloradocamila@neweracolorado.org COLOR AND NEW ERA COLORADO CELEBRATE THE CEMENTED STATUS OF “ABORTION PILL REVERSAL” AS UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, ALLOWING FIRST-IN-NATION LAW REGULATING MEDICATION ABORTION REVERSAL TO GO INTO EFFECT DENVER, CO – Yesterday, COLOR and New Era Colorado celebrated…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Era Colorado + COLOR Respond to SB23-190 Rulemaking Hearing
CONTACTS: Natasha Berwick, Political Director, New Era Coloradonatasha@neweracolorado.org Katherine Riley, Policy Director, COLORkatherine@colorlatina.org New Era Colorado + COLOR Joint Statement “Organizing works. The Colorado Medical Board has ruled that abortion pill reversal is not a generally accepted standard of medical practice. This ruling is thanks to the hundreds of people who showed up for honest…
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Improving Abortion Access and Moving Towards Reproductive Justice
The Brazen Project started as a leadership development program across Colorado college campuses to facilitate student-to-student conversations about abortion. Through talking about abortion care boldly and without shame, students channeled their passion for bodily autonomy into cultural change. Time and time again, I saw people break through their discomfort to find their voice around a…
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An Organizer’s Perspective: Reproductive Rights are on the Ballot
By Evaristo Gomez, Boulder Youth Agenda Organizer Organizing is not for the faint of heart. It can be discouraging trying to engage with young people who are apathetic or angry, but the impact we can make is what brings us back to this demanding work. We advocate for people; we empower people. By telling people…