After more than 39 hours of often tense and emotional debate over three days, Colorado lawmakers passed Democrats’ three priority abortion and gender-affirming-care bills Saturday night.
After more than 29 hours of often tense and emotional debate over three days, Colorado lawmakers passed Democrats’ three priority abortion and gender-affirming-care bills Saturday night.
“I’m so glad we were able to deliver on the promise of ,” said Democratic Rep. Meg Froelich of the bills’ passage. “The new patchwork of laws across the U.S. is confusing and dangerous. Our fundamental rights have been reaffirmed, established and tested in Colorado.” The passage of the package — barring some reconciliations with the Senate, which first passed the bills, is on a path to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk — comes less than a year after the General Assembly muscledpast a 24-hour Republican filibuster. The law guarantees the right to abortions in Colorado. To avoid similar obstructionism this time around, House Democrats took the unusual step on Thursday and Friday to limit debate on the three reproductive health bills to a total of 20 hours.
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