Colorado’s Mother’s Day “Gift:” Continued Birth Control Access

Ruth McCambridge

May 14, 2012

April 27, 2012; Source: KUSA-TV Colorado

Recently, the Colorado Senate became embroiled in a debate about whether or not employers should be exempted from coverage of birth control based on their religious beliefs. You will, of course, recognize this argument from the national stage and, in fact, the measure would have urged congress to pass the Blunt Amendment, which has already been voted down by Congress.

Despite this fact, Colorado state senators still brought it out of committee for debate on the floor, where it was defeated 20-15 with Sen. Angela Giron declaring that women’s bodies were being used as “political pawns.” Happy belated Mother’s Day! –Ruth McCambridge

About the author

Ruth McCambridge

Ruth is Editor Emerita of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Her background includes forty-five years of experience in nonprofits, primarily in organizations that mix grassroots community work with policy change. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Ruth spent a decade at the Boston Foundation, developing and implementing capacity building programs and advocating for grantmaking attention to constituent involvement.

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