As surrounding states continue restricting access to abortions and gender-affirming care, Colorado has now made additional protections and coverage state law.
and designates offering so-called abortion reversal medication as “unprofessional conduct”
All three laws are set to take effect immediately, but SB-190 was paired with a signing statement from the governor. Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis of Boulder County, a pharmacist by trade, told attendees that the country is facing a new reality after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision and Colorado needs to protect its health care professionals and address a growing “health care crisis.”
“A small minority of folks in an endless crusade to undermine medical scientific facts and expertise to further marginalize so many of us and take us backwards,” she said. “As co-chair of the LGBTQ Caucus, there is not a day that goes by that we do not hear of some relentless attack on our trans youth, our trans adults for simply wanting to live their own lives and be their own true selves.”
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