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Pro-abortion protest sign.Photo by Emma Guliani / Pexels. (Denver, CO) The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to an abortion in the nation, Friday morning, but in Colorado, the right remains thanks to state law.

Despite the fact that the 1973 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion, pro-life advocates continue to chip away at the laws governing the status of foetuses in order to reverse the landmark decision. In an effort to sway public opinion, supporters of both sides of the debate, i.e., those who are pro-choice and those who are pro-life, have employed arguments designed to elicit strong emotional responses from the American public. Generations of women continued to control their reproductive lives through abortion and made it a subject of legal, ethical, and medical debate.

*This is a work of nonfiction and opinion based on actual events I experienced firsthand; used with permission. When I was twenty-three I got pregnant accidentally. I say accidentally because I was on birth control at the time, I just happened to be one of the one percent of the population that still gets pregnant, anyway.

A sign hung in the waiting room of Planned Parenthood in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.Bridget Mulroy. Lately, the protesting has gone both ways. The tactic is ironic - but not shocking. After the Supreme Court leak last week, pro-choice protestors have taken to the front doors of the church.

(Denver, CO.) A leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court indicates Roe v. Wade is likely to be overturned next month. The loss of Roe will impact millions of Americans, but in Colorado, abortion rights and access are here to stay.

A leaked draft opinion from the United States Supreme Court shows that Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion case of 1973, might be overturned in coming weeks. A press release from the US Supreme Court makes clear that draft opinions are routinely circulated between justices as part of their deliberative work and that this is not a final decision or change in the law.

Whole Women's Health involves Texas' bill banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected.[i] The heartbeat is detected estimated at roughly six weeks—where the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled six to three in favor of the inability of government officials to enforce the ban.[ii]

(Denver, Colo.) The right to have an abortion is now protected in Colorado, weeks ahead of the Supreme Court ruling on a Mississippi law that restricts access to abortion. In Colorado, abortion is legal, but until now, the right to an abortion relied on the precedent of Roe v Wade. The state had no laws prohibiting abortion, but also no laws that guaranteed the right to the procedure.

Late on Thursday March 3, Florida's State Legislature voted 23 to 15 in favor of new measures that will crush freedom of choice for women in the state wanting to terminate a pregnancy after 15 weeks.