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The Startling Results Of Colorado’s Free Birth Control Experiment

By Kimberley Johnson on July 6, 2015 Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Uncategorized

The Startling Results Of Colorado’s Free Birth Control Experiment

Colorado has conducted one of the largest experiments with long-acting birth control, and it completely contradicts the argument conservatives use when they say that free birth control will ruin the economy (and/or cause natural disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes). When teens and poor women were offered free intrauterine devices and implants (IUDs), which prevent unwanted […]

Anti-Abortion Republican Goes Rogue And Supports Public Funded Birth Control

By Kimberley Johnson on February 5, 2015 Healthcare, Republicans, Uncategorized, Women's Issues

Anti-Abortion Republican Goes Rogue And Supports Public Funded Birth Control

Much to the chagrin of his Republican colleagues, Colorado Rep. Don Coram (R) is rejecting the junk science and co-sponsoring a bill that would expand access to affordable IUDs for low-income women. The bill would provide $5 million in state funding for a program called Colorado Family Planning Initiative.  Before the bipartisan initiative was filed, […]