Colorado law protects abortion rights
Three times since 2008, state voters have solidly rejected proposed amendments that would give full legal and civil rights protection to a fetus, so-called "personhood" amendments.
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At a medical clinic, anti-abortion protesters cannot come within 8 feet of anyone going into or out of the building (within 100 feet of the door). That's called a "bubble" law.
Back in the 1980s, anti-abortion lawmakers barred the state from using any Medicaid funds for abortion -- but exceptions were allowed and still exist.
State funds can be used if the abortion is necessary to preserve the woman's life or the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest.
That said, the state's insurance provider for state employees will only pay for an abortion when it is needed to save the woman's life.
Despite having those legal guarantees to abortion, NARAL said that nearly 90 percent of the state does not have any abortion services.
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But it's not likely Polis would ever need such a veto.
On Thursday, new Secretary of State
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