Colorado joins 15 other states in enshrining the right to abortion in state law : NPR

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This week, Gov. Jared Polis signed a law enshrining the right to abortion in state law.</p> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> David Zalubowski/AP </span> </div> </div> </div> <p>Colorado just enacted a law that enshrines the right to have an abortion in the state, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/28/1088238619/legislation-abortion-bans">the latest left-leaning state that's taken action</a> to protect reproductive rights as the practice faces renewed efforts by conservatives to restrict its access.</p> <p>The so-called <a href="https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1279_signed.pdf">Reproductive Health Equity Act</a> affirms that pregnant people in Colorado have the right to continue a pregnancy and give birth or have an abortion, and it blocks public entities from denying or restricting that right.</p> <p>"In the State of Colorado, the serious decision to start or end a pregnancy with medical assistance will remain between a person, their doctor, and their faith," Gov. Jared Polis <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MVHdAJmMvvX8i4JvwAKQ4TE825oc1Cmv/view">said in a statement</a> after signing the bill into law on Monday.</p> <aside id="ad-backstage-wrap" class="ad-wrap backstage" aria-label="advertisement"> <div class="ad-header "><span>Sponsor Message</span></div> <div id="ad-backstage-News_Politics" class="ad-config ad-backstage has-refresh-enabled" data-ad-config='{"network":"\/6735\/","site":{"desktop":"n6735.NPR","mobile":"n6735.NPRMOBILE"},"zone":"News_Politics","targets":{"testserver":"false","isPodcastEpisode":"false","storyId":"1091041608","agg":["434975886","593868387"]},"location":"backstage","deferred":false,"isBetweenContent":true,"overflowCount":null,"hasRefreshEnabled":true,"isOutstreamVideoEnabled":true}'></div> <div class="ad-footer "></div> </aside> <div id="res1091044524" class="bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col "> <div class="bucket img"> <a class="imagewrap" id="featuredStackSquareImage1087202877" 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href="https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe">Colorado joins</a> 15 other states and Washington, D.C., in codifying the right to have an abortion either prior to a fetus's viability or throughout a pregnancy in state law.</p> <div id="res1091044313" class="bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col "> <div class="bucket img"> <a class="imagewrap" id="featuredStackSquareImage1089290488" href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089290488/as-medication-abortion-becomes-dominant-red-states-restrict-pills" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"recirculation","action":"story_recirculation_click","clickType":"inset box","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/29\/1089290488\/as-medication-abortion-becomes-dominant-red-states-restrict-pills"}' ><picture><source srcset="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/03/29/gettyimages-56866520_sq-470e59e27108764d3c5d350c150c17670478171a.jpg?s=100&c=15&f=jpeg" 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src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/03/29/gettyimages-56866520_sq-470e59e27108764d3c5d350c150c17670478171a.jpg?s=100&c=15&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/03/29/gettyimages-56866520_sq-470e59e27108764d3c5d350c150c17670478171a.jpg?s=100&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/03/29/gettyimages-56866520_sq-470e59e27108764d3c5d350c150c17670478171a.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="jpeg" class="img lazyOnLoad" alt="As medication abortion becomes dominant, red states restrict pills" loading="lazy" /></picture></a> <div class="bucketblock"> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/">Politics </a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089290488/as-medication-abortion-becomes-dominant-red-states-restrict-pills" data-metrics-ga4='{"category":"recirculation","action":"story_recirculation_click","clickType":"inset 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