Tag: Cobalt Abortion Fund
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Abortion rights advocates attend Women’s March in Denver
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Scores of abortion-rights supporters stood outside of the Colorado state Capitol building on Saturday morning with picket signs and then marched down Denver’s 16th Street Mall almost two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal legal protections for abortion. Other Women’s March events kicked off in multiple cities across the country, including Tampa,…
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Abortion surge from out-of-state clients continues to impact providers as well as pregnancy centers offering alternatives
Demand for abortions continues to tax Colorado providers, as out-of-state women travel here for services because of legal restrictions where they live, following last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. About 2 in 5 women seeking abortion services from Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains have been from out…
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Demand for abortions in Colorado from out-of-state clients skyrocketing
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One Texas woman recently drove 18 hours to Colorado with an ectopic pregnancy, where a fertilized egg mistakenly implants outside, instead of inside, the uterus. The condition is dangerous; a rupture could lead to the woman bleeding to death. The woman didn’t know if that would happen to her while she was en route to…
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Colorado abortion group: Fund assists 94% out-of-state clients, 66% Texans with abortion travel
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Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections, 94% of clients seeking travel assistance from a Colorado abortion fund have been from out of state, including a vast majority from Texas alone. From June 24 to July 31, 66% of clients receiving practical support from the Colorado-based Cobalt Abortion Fund came from Texas, followed…