Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton reports on the business beat at The Denver Post. Previously, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a Capitol Hill reporter at Bloomberg Government, covering agriculture and trade policy. Megan received her master's in mass communication from Arizona State University.
Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom demonstrate on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on January 22, 2024. The group kicked off its campaign to place an amendment on Colorado’s Nov. 5 ballot to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, later designated as Amendment 79. because of protections added to state law by the legislature.
If the measure fails, that prohibition on spending public funds on abortion services would remain in place, and the legislature would retain the authority to decide the state’s abortion laws.includes an estimate of no fiscal impact directly tied to passage of the measure. But that could change, it notes: “To the extent that additional abortion-related programs are created from allowing the use of public funds for abortion services, state or local government spending will increase.
Groups opposing Amendment 79 have criticized the lack of a fiscal impact projection, including in a federal lawsuit filed last month by Colorado Right to Life. The group argued that the Blue Book was misleading because it’s likely that money collected from taxes would be spent on abortions for Medicaid enrollees and government employees at some point after the measure passes.
The Blue Book notes that some opponents say taxpayers should not be forced to pay for abortion services, given that many Coloradans oppose abortion for personal, religious or moral reasons. Opponents also argue the increase in public spending that could result if state and local government leaders decide to cover abortion would put a fiscal burden on taxpayers.
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