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Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law on Monday that codifies the right to an abortion in the state.
House Bill 1279, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, states that "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to continue a pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion and to make decisions about how to exercise that right; and a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state."
Polis' signature follows a flurry of recent restrictive abortion laws advanced by Republican state legislatures across the country.
The bill, which passed in the state's Democratic-majority House and Senate last month on party-line votes, also prohibits local entities from implementing their own restrictions.
The governor emphasized that the new law "does not make any changes to the current legal framework," saying: "This bill simply maintains this status quo regardless of what happens at the federal level and preserves all existing constitutional rights and obligations."
Colorado House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, a sponsor of the bill, said in a statement that "enshrining the right to choose when it comes to reproductive health care, including the right to abortion, shows we trust Coloradans to make their own medical decisions."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/c...AAVRvcU?cvid=f0cba37dd351435780e9a3678dfdacd2
House Bill 1279, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, states that "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to continue a pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion and to make decisions about how to exercise that right; and a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state."
Polis' signature follows a flurry of recent restrictive abortion laws advanced by Republican state legislatures across the country.
The bill, which passed in the state's Democratic-majority House and Senate last month on party-line votes, also prohibits local entities from implementing their own restrictions.
The governor emphasized that the new law "does not make any changes to the current legal framework," saying: "This bill simply maintains this status quo regardless of what happens at the federal level and preserves all existing constitutional rights and obligations."
Colorado House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, a sponsor of the bill, said in a statement that "enshrining the right to choose when it comes to reproductive health care, including the right to abortion, shows we trust Coloradans to make their own medical decisions."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/c...AAVRvcU?cvid=f0cba37dd351435780e9a3678dfdacd2