Opinion: Amendment 79 will protect Coloradans’ access to the same compassionate abortion care I had

Sep 26, 2024

Abortion rights can be taken away with the stroke of a pen.

 

by Sarah Hughes

 

When the news broke that the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, I was sitting in a nursery rocking chair, holding my newborn son.

My first thought as the news alert popped up on my phone: there was a good chance this tiny baby in my arms wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t had access to abortion care.

My second thought: women across the country would soon find themselves facing the same tragic circumstances I faced nearly four years earlier but now they would no longer have the same choices available to them…

 

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