Gardner ousts Udall from U.S. Senate
At the Hyatt Regency DTC on Tuesday night, everyone was a resident of Yuma. Or wanted to be. “Is anyone here from Yuma?” asked Senator-elect Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) to the cheers of hundreds packed into...
View ArticlePersonhood, racetrack gaming and GMO labeling lose — gov transparency wins
Democrats were in dire need of a pick-me-up Tuesday, and the Vote No on 67 rally was the only party around. The four ballot initiatives up for vote this year — about personhood, gaming, government...
View Article‘The Denver Post’ endorses personhood bill while Longmont victim stays neutral
It seems like every year Colorado Republicans try to give fetuses the same rights people have. This year, Senate President Bill Cadman and the GOP are using the case of Michelle Willkins, a pregnant...
View ArticleAbortion politics flare as fetal homicide bill advances
DENVER — Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee advanced a fetal homicide bill Wednesday night that, for limited use, would write “personhood” language associated with the hardline anti-abortion...
View ArticleLittwin: Tim Neville’s Colorado Senate is from another planet
In the upset of the day — maybe of the legislative year — a freshman Republican senator from Thornton named Beth Martinez Humenik bucked her party and voted against a provocative, late-session abortion...
View ArticleThunderdome 2015: Abortion politics vs. Colorado
“Thunderdome 2015” is The Colorado Independent’s wrap-up series on the 2015 legislative season. For a series overview, check out “Thunderdome 2015: 120 days under the gold dome.” Last year, swing-state...
View ArticleA corpse tampering bill may not be an anti-abortion ruse
Could a bill to make tampering with a corpse be a way Republicans could sneak anti-abortion “personhood” language into state law? Some Democrats think so, though others worries were allayed Monday by...
View ArticleAbortion politics hits the 2016 U.S. Senate race in Colorado
Voters still reeling from TV ad after TV ad about women’s reproductive health issues from the 2014 Colorado U.S. Senate race might be sensing a glimmer of deja vu. Abortion politics has finally hit...
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After marathon hearings, anti-abortion bills fail on party-line vote
Update: In a hearing that went 11 hours and concluded at 12:30 a.m. Friday morning, the House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee voted along 6-5 party-lines to kill all three anti-abortion...
View ArticleLittwin: Don’t try this at home, but imagine if Cory Gardner actually held a...
Imagine if Cory Gardner were to hold a town hall meeting with actual constituents during the July 4th recess. You’ll have to imagine, of course, because it won’t happen. What’s much easier to imagine,...
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