Tag: Wade
-
Abortion rights advocates attend Women’s March in Denver
—
by
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,…
-
Clera Rorex posthumously awarded Mountain Leader Award by Gov. Jared Polis
—
by
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Clera Rorex was a legend. She issued marriage licenses to six same sex couples in Boulder County starting in 1975, decades before same-sex marriage was legalized by the 2015 landmark Obergefell v. Hodges U.S. Supreme Court Decision. On Thursday, she posthumously received the Mountain Leader Award at the Governor’s…
-
Noon, evening rallies push for abortion rights at state Capitol
Justine Sandoval has been fighting for abortion rights for more than a decade. Throughout her time as an activist, she has spoken at and organized hundreds of abortion rights rallies. But she knew a battle would ensue if the U.S. Supreme Court targeted Roe v. Wade. On Monday night, she learned about the high court’s…
-
COURT CRAWL | Supreme Court back in session, eyes on Aurora
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court will return to downtown Denver this week to hear two days of oral arguments, while a couple of constitutional rights cases against Colorado’s third-largest city have received rulings in the past week. Justices to hear cases…
-
Colorado Democratic lawmakers to sponsor bill upholding women’s right to abortion in 2022 session
The prospect that the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade is pushing Colorado’s Democratic women legislators to act, long before a decision from the court is likely. The nation’s highest court is reviewing Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a 2018 Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks.…