Leading Reproductive Justice Organizations Highlight New Colorado EMTALA Law in Face of Looming Budget Cuts to Affordable Health Coverage
COLORADO – Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) and abortion justice organization All* Above All are highlighting Colorado’s leadership in protecting access to emergency medical care with the passage of SB25-130. This legislation strengthened the rights of patients and responsibilities of providers in emergencies, including those related to abortion and miscarriage care. […]
On EMTALA Guidance Changes
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) released the following statement on the Trump Administration rolling back federal guidelines for emergency abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA): “The Trump Administration’s change in federal guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency care to pregnant people is just the most recent […]
Colorado Establishes a State Standard to Provide Emergency Care Without Discrimination
The fight to ensure all people receive life-saving care continues DENVER— Today, Governor Polis signed SB25-130, Providing Emergency Medical Services, into law. SB25-130 establishes a state standard for providing medical care without discrimination, based on someone’s ability to pay or the type of care needed. Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) successfully […]
On The End of The 2025 Legislative Session
COLOR’s Statement on the Conclusion of Colorado’s 2025 Legislative Session Last year, we won Amendment 79. Our gente organized and Colorado enshrined abortion as a constitutional right, demanding care without barriers. This year, we took that demand to lawmakers during the legislative session. We celebrate major wins made possible by community power as we passed […]
Governor Polis Signs Two Critical Reproductive Rights Bills Into Law
SB 25-183 Puts Will of Colorado Voters on Constitutional Right to Abortion Into Effect, SB 25-129 Strengthens Colorado’s Shield Law Media Contact: Mónica CaballerosDirector of CommunicationsMonicacaballeros@colorlatina.org Media Contact: Laura K ChapinMedia Communications DirectorLaura@cobaltadvocates.org For Immediate Release: April 24, 2025 Denver – Today, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed two critical reproductive rights bills into state law, SB 25-129 and SB […]
Statement in Solidarity with Palestine and Student Activists across Colorado and the U.S.
UPDATED MAY 3, 2024 The Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) is in solidarity with all students in the United States exercising their right to freedom of speech to express their support for the freedom and liberation of the Palestinian people. We believe in the power of free speech, civil disobedience, and […]
Colorado group says it has enough signatures for abortion rights ballot measure this fall
Originally published on April 12, 2024 on CBS News. A Colorado campaign that’s trying to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution has gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot this November, CBS News has learned. To amend Colorado’s constitution, petitioners must gather 124,238 signatures from the state’s voters, including 2% of […]
Opinion: Help us put abortion rights in the Colorado Constitution
Originally published in the Denver Post on January 25, 2024. While Colorado has long been a trailblazer in championing individual liberties, the absence of a constitutional guarantee for the right to abortion leaves a critical gap in our commitment to securing rights. In 2024, we must protect the full range of reproductive health care in […]