Originally published on August 2, 2024 on the Greeley Tribune
More than two years ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eviscerating abortion access across the country and escalating a decades-long crisis that has long pushed care out of reach for women of color, including Latinas.
While abortion is legal in Colorado, we know that legality does not equal access. In fact, a 40-year-old abortion coverage ban has denied insurance coverage for Coloradans enrolled in Medicaid, disproportionately harming marginalized communities.
Abortion is on the state ballot this November with a constitutional amendment that ensures the right to abortion and ends restrictions that deny access to that right. In the face of an unjust abortion access crisis nationally, we have a critical opportunity here in Colorado to demonstrate to our Latine community that when we say we’re fighting to remove longstanding economic barriers to abortion access and ensure a future where we can all live safe, healthy, and self-determined lives, we mean it.
Protecting the right to access abortion is a mobilizing force for Latino voters in Colorado. We’re listening to our communities by engaging them to vote this November to end financial barriers to care and ensure reproductive justice and freedom for all of us.
—Dusti Gurule, President and CEO of COLOR Action Fund, and Lexi White, Director of State Strategies at All* In Action Fund.
