n a state where anti-abortion ballot initiatives have been soundly defeated in 2008, 2010, 2014, and 2020, abortion-rights advocates Those plans include asking Colorado voters to approve two changes to the state constitution. The first would be to ask them to overturn a 1984 amendment that cut off public funds for abortion care, a law that impacts public employees such as teachers and firefighters. “This amendment is a relic of days gone by,” Middleton says. “It disproportionately affects the people who work for us in government because they can’t use their insurance for basic health care.” The second request would update existing language in the constitution with wording from 2022’s Reproductive Health Equity Act. “This would create a fundamental right to abortion in our state constitution,” Middleton says, “which is what Coloradans clearly want.”
