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Larry Liston Joins The ‘Sluts’ Slinging Brigade

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...

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

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...

Watchdog Alleges White House Pushed to Weaken Toxic Pollution Reporting

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...

Letter to the Editor

Religious groups' self-claimed monopoly on morality will cost us our liberty. Re: Colorado Supreme Court Affirms "Egg as a Person" Ballot Wording, Nov. 13: Some...

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

In a terse 7-0 decision today the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the state Title Board's approval of a 2008 proposed...

State Gives Up on Feds’ Peek-a-boo Game on Abstinence Funding

Like tempestuous teenagers, federal lawmakers can't make up their minds how to fund an abstinence-only program -- if at all. So, Colorado took matters...

Congress Plays ‘Hide the Salami’ with Abstinence-Only Funding

We may want our kids to "just say no," but when it comes to doling out abstinence-only funding, Congress isn't abstaining. In the latest...

Colorado HIV Privacy Law at Odds with Feds

A new study reveals that more than two-thirds of states, including Colorado, are not in compliance with new federal guidelines on HIV testing.Researchers at...

Abortion Rates Unaffected by Laws, Abstinence Push

A new international study calls into question the argument that outlawing abortions and focusing on abstinence education deters women from terminating pregnancies. Is the...

Six Babies a Day: Colorado’s Teen Pregnancy Problem

As high school seniors plan for Homecoming dances next month too many of their peers are coming home with something far more unexpected --...