Measure on the ballot in the 2020 Colorado General Election in Colorado.
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Get StartedProposition 115 is a proposal to change the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning abortions, specifically prohibiting an abortion when the probable gestational age of the fetus is at least twenty-two weeks thereby making it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine to perform or attempt to perform a prohibited abortion, except when the abortion is immediately required to save the life of the pregnant woman. Further, Proposition 115 specifies that a woman on whom an abortion is performed may not be charged with a crime in relation to a prohibited abortion, but requires the Colorado medical board to suspend the medical license of any medical professional whom provides or attempts to provide a prohibited abortion for at least three years.
A "YES" vote on Proposition 115 is a vote to ban abortions at and beyond twenty-two weeks of pregnancy except in cases where an abortion is deemed necessary to save the pregnant woman's life.
A "NO" vote on Proposition 115 is a vote to uphold current Colorado Law, allowing pregnant women to obtain an abortion beyond twenty-two weeks.
The measure protects viable human life by placing a reasonable restriction on abortion after an infant can live outside the mother’s womb. Colorado is one of only seven states that allow abortion at any time during a pregnancy even though infants born as early as 22 weeks gestation can survive outside the womb and experience good developmental outcomes. The measure allows time for a pregnant woman to make a choice about her pregnancy, and permits abortion after 22 weeks when necessary to save the life of the mother. In addition, the measure does not penalize women who receive prohibited abortions. This is a balanced approach with reasonable and limited exceptions that recognizes the dignity of women and the humanity of their unborn children., in support of Proposition 115 (Learn more)
Restricting access to abortion limits a woman’s right to bodily autonomy and interferes with the patient and doctor relationship. The choice to end a pregnancy is often a serious and difficult decision, and should be left solely up to the woman, in consultation with her doctor and in accordance with her beliefs. The measure does not include any exceptions for risks to the woman’s health or for a woman who has been the victim of rape or incest to obtain an abortion after 22 weeks. In addition, it provides no exceptions for the detection of a serious fetal abnormality after 22 weeks, which may force women to carry a nonviable pregnancy to term. Every pregnancy is unique, and decisions related to pregnancy should not be arbitrarily limited by state government., in opposition to Proposition 115 (Learn more)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning prohibiting an abortion when the probable gestational age of the fetus is at least twenty-two weeks, and, in connection therewith, making it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine to perform or attempt to perform a prohibited abortion, except when the abortion is immediately required to save the life of the pregnant woman when her life is physically threatened, but not solely by a psychological or emotional condition; defining terms related to the measure including "probable gestational age" and "abortion," and excepting from the definition of "abortion" medical procedures relating to miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy; specifying that a woman on whom an abortion is performed may not be charged with a crime in relation to a prohibited abortion; and requiring the Colorado medical board to suspend for at least three years the license of a licensee whom the board finds performed or attempted to perform a prohibited abortion?
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