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Prostitute Numbers Expected to Jump During DNCC

By | 04.15.08 | 11:12 am

Denver’s goal to make August’s Democratic National Convention eco-friendly could overshadow other important issues – such as the spike in prostitutes being imported to town to cater to the city’s 35,000 guests.

Allard, Salazar Approve Abortion-Funding Ban at American Indian Clinics

By | 03.10.08 | 10:13 am

Allegations of racism are being raised about an amendment to a new 10-year funding bill for the Indian Health Service that supersedes laws for other federally-supported clinics.

Huckabee ‘Eggs’ On Social Conservatives in Colorado

By | 02.26.08 | 1:29 pm

COMMENTARY
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee endorsed Colorado’s “egg as a person” state ballot measure on Monday, but for whose benefit — Zygote Americans or his own dwindling political fortunes?

Larry Liston Joins The ‘Sluts’ Slinging Brigade

By | 02.08.08 | 10:13 am

With one offensive, four-letter word, state Rep. Larry Liston has seamlessly joined the ranks of two other fellow El Paso County Republicans, notably former Commissioner Betty Beedy, who called single mothers who date, “sluts,” and former state Sen. MaryAnne

Anti-Abortion Ballot Measure Draws Foes, Advocates Inside Conservative Circles

By | 01.22.08 | 10:06 am

The 35-year battle to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision is once again firmly planted in women’s wombs. This time, instead of directing their wrath at women’s clinics, abortion foes are targeting a much different constituency

Watchdog Alleges White House Pushed to Weaken Toxic Pollution Reporting

By | 01.07.08 | 8:31 am

When does saving multibillion dollar companies a few bucks supersede the public’s right to know about toxic emissions? The EPA, with a kick in the pants from the president’s budget office, thinks it knows — and it’s now.

Abortion Foes Taunt Denver Businessman with Gruesome ‘Truth Truck’

By | 12.12.07 | 8:00 am

He is a subcontractor working on the new headquarters of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. He and his family are besieged by anti-abortion fanatics in ways that are scary, disgusting and apparently legal.

Planned Parenthood Foes’ Extremism Hurts Cause

By | 11.30.07 | 8:29 am

Joe Scheidler’s opposition to abortion is so virulent that he’s a half-step removed from convicted clinic bomber Eric Rudolph.

So Scheidler’s scheduled appearance Saturday at a protest against Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains’ new regional headquarters is a

Lawmakers Work to Reverse Contraception Cost Surge

By | 11.28.07 | 8:30 am

College students have seen the cost of birth control at their schools’ health clinics skyrocket this year. Now, two Democratic Colorado lawmakers have signed onto a bill that aims to bring prices back down.

Colorado Supreme Court Affirms “Egg as a Person” Ballot Wording

By | 11.13.07 | 5:51 pm

In a terse 7-0 decision [PDF] today the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the state Title Board’s approval of a 2008 proposed ballot measure to bestow constitutional rights on fertilized human eggs.