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What are the activities of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado? |
NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado is the political arm of the pro-choice movement in Colorado. NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado works in the following areas: grassroots organizing, lobbying, electoral work for pro-choice candidates and ballot issue campaigns and public education and community outreach. |
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How do I know if I am pro-choice? |
Being pro-choice means supporting every woman's right to make informed and private decisions about pregnancy and childbearing. Pro-choice people believe every woman should have the right to choose when or whether to bear children based on her own values and ethical beliefs. |
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Why should I tell my friends that I am pro-choice? |
It is important for pro-choice women and men who value their fundamental freedom not to be silent on their support for a woman's right to choose. Pro-choice women and men must educate their friends and family about the true threat freedom of choice faces today. We must make our voices heard! There are many in our country who are trying to take away a woman's right to choose. We can not silently watch this happen. |
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How do I get involved? |
By contacting us! NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado is only as strong as its volunteers and activists. To find out how you can help, email choice@prochoicecolorado.org and visit the Get Active section of our site. |
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Is the pro-choice movement only about abortion? |
No, the pro-choice movement encompasses a broad range of women's reproductive rights. We not only believe women should be able to make their own decision about abortion, we work to reduce the need for abortion through increased access to family planning and comprehensive sex education. NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado works to protect & improve access to the full range of reproductive health care options. |
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Should the government have the right to decide whether or not a woman can have an abortion? |
The decision whether or not to have an abortion is one of the most difficult and complex decisions a woman will ever make. It is up to the woman to decide how she should make that choice, not the government. |
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Do you support certain political parties? |
NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado is non-partisan political organization. Our commitment is to support strong, pro-choice candidates regardless of political party. |
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What is Roe v. Wade? |
On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court voted 7-2 to strike down a Texas law prohibiting abortion, citing that it violated a woman's right to privacy. This landmark decision is known as Roe v. Wade.The Ruling Found: - States are forbidden to interfere with a woman's access to abortion during the 1st trimester of pregnancy.
- States can only regulate 2nd trimester abortions to protect a woman's health.
- States can ban 3rd trimester abortions except if a woman's life is in jeopardy.
- A fetus is not protected as a "person" under the 14th amendment.
- A woman's right to choose is a fundamental right and has the highest level of Constitutional protection.
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Is Roe v. Wade in jeopardy? |
Yes. In the last abortion-related case, the Supreme Court was split 5-4. It has been seven years since the last vacancy on the Supreme Court, the longest period in over 178 years. George W. Bush will likely nominate 1-2 individuals who will serve as Supreme Court Justices. Bush has touted Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, the Court's most avid opponents of Roe, as his model justices. With an anti-choice majority on the Supreme Court, a case designed to overturn Roe v. Wade would almost certainly be brought forward immediately. Because the U.S. Senate must approve judicial nominees, Bush is likely to see the newly Republican and anti-choice controlled Senate as an opportunity to push through the most anti-choice nominees he can. An overturning of Roe would automatically make abortion illegal in 15 states and the District of Columbia, where pre-Roe abortion bans are still on the books and would once be enforced. Fights to ban abortion would pop up in the rest of the country. |
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What is Emergency Contraception (EC)? |
Emergency Contraception (EC), often called the "morning-after pill", can prevent pregnancy if taken within 120 hours (5 days) after unprotected sex. Emergency Contraception (EC) does not cause an abortion and will not work once a pregnancy has begun. Women can get EC from most health care providers. EC should not be confused with medical abortion (Mifeprex, also known as RU-486), an early option for non-surgical abortion. Please visit the Health Care Access section for more information on EC. |
