Expanded 'personhood' measures threaten cradle-to-grave care

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Tuesday July 07, 2009 · 3:18 PM PDT

2009/07/07 · 15:18

A new and far more insidious anti-abortion movement effort to push constitutional rights for zygotes could also entangle reproductive health care, people with disabilities and those who seek end-of-life care.

"Personhood" advocates are planning to push constitutional amendments and legislative action in 17 states in 2010. The primary goal is to challenge Roe v Wade on 14th Amendment grounds while also outlawing a host of reproductive health care services.

Except the new ballot language has much more sweeping connotations than has been reported to date.

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Wednesday February 25, 2009 · 7:43 AM PST

2009/02/25 · 07:43

Crossposted with permission from The Colorado Independent.

A prominent national gay rights organization on Tuesday blasted Colorado state Sen. Scott Renfroe for comparing homosexuality to murder when he spoke Monday against a bill that would extend health benefits to same-sex domestic partners of state employees.

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 8:57 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 08:57

Abreast a giant American flag on the stage of the National Western Arena, a rally for GOP presidential nominee John McCain is getting underway. An estimated 4,000 people have packed the arena. Former Broncos quarterback and hometown hero John Elway will make opening statements before McCain takes the stage. There are a lot of Broncos jerseys in the crowd today.

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 3:00 PM PDT

2008/10/02 · 15:00

We're liveblogging John McCain's townhall for women in Denver. He was widely expected to tout Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin during his question and answer session but methinks the Wall Street bail-out and Michigan pull-out will dominate.

What would you ask him?

Link to Colorado Independent.

Obama liveblog from Colorado

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 10:55 AM PDT

2008/09/29 · 10:55

While Congress mortgages our futures with a blank check to Wall Street, Barack Obama is on the stump at a high school in suburban Denver.

Follow the speech at Colorado Independent.

This is Obama's second visit to battleground state Colorado since he accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at INVESCO Field on Aug. 28.

Repulsive: Denver paper liveblogs toddler's funeral

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 5:31 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 17:31

Reprinted from an original story by Cara DeGette at The Colorado Independent

I'm just trying to envision the exchange between the reporter and his editors over at the Rocky Mountain News that led to their decision to live Twitter the funeral today of Marten Kudlis, the 3-year old boy killed at an ice cream store last week. And you know what? Whatever their rationale, it's unconceivable. Utterly, and unforgivingly, unconceivable.

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Wednesday August 13, 2008 · 1:20 PM PDT

2008/08/13 · 13:20

The Colorado Independent connects the dots.

Denver officials weren't planning to reveal details about where activists would be detained in the event of mass arrests during the Democratic National Convention until after the event had started, but those plans were quickly dashed this week when CBS 4News reporter Rick Sallinger not only revealed that protesters would be locked up in a city-owned warehouse, but he also obtained clear video footage inside the facility, a building that includes barbed wire-topped cages and signs warning of stun-gun use.

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 10:41 AM PDT

2008/07/25 · 10:41

Read the blow-by-blow at The Colorado Independent.

First installment:

11:20 a.m. -- It's a different day. The same protest signs against John McCain were displayed. But no one was arrested.

Members of ProgressNow and Carol Kreck, a Denver librarian who was ticketed for trespassing at McCain's last campaign stop in Denver, camped outside the Denver Grand Hyatt Hotel again this morning protesting the Republican presidential candidate's speech today.

Holding signs that read "McCain = Bush" a group of about a dozen protesters played up their dissent mostly for gathered local media who clicked photos and asked whether Kreck was willing to be arrested again.

"I don't want to be ticketed again, no," Kreck said as she swarmed by TV cameras and microphones.

Read the rest at The Colorado Independent.

Live chat with Obama state campaign director Noon EDT

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Wednesday July 16, 2008 · 8:43 AM PDT

2008/07/16 · 08:43

Join the Colorado Independent on Wednesday, July 16 at 10:00 a.m. MDT (Noon EDT) for a live 30-minute Q&A with Ray Rivera, Colorado director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

Rivera will field your questions on Colorado's growing importance in this year's presidential election and the campaign's strategy for winning the West.

Register a user name and add your questions to the conversation in a new thread that will post on the front page at 10 a.m. sharp.

Pea pod protesters at Denver McCain event threatened with arrest

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Monday July 07, 2008 · 10:45 AM PDT

2008/07/07 · 10:45

Breaking news from The Colorado Independent:

Protesters with ProgressNow outside today's John McCain town hall meeting in Denver were told to throw their signs away or risk being arrested for trespassing.

Protesters are seen outside of John McCain campaign event in Denver. McCain's secret service detail told the Denver Police that if the three protesters, one dressed in a pea costume with pictures of President Bush and McCain on it, were told to shut their protest down about an hour before the campaign event began.

We have a reporter on the scene who will also be covering the McCain speech.

Read more on the "two peas in a pod" protest.

Liveblog: Barack Obama in Colorado Springs

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Wednesday July 02, 2008 · 10:36 AM PDT

2008/07/02 · 10:36

We're liveblogging Barack Obama's policy speech on national service in Colorado Springs -- smack in the backyard of James Dobson and Focus on the Family who tried to pick a fight with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee last week.

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Monday June 30, 2008 · 7:33 PM PDT

2008/06/30 · 19:33

Crossposted from The Colorado Independent:

A story on NPR's Morning Edition today held an interesting nugget of information on Colorado's possible role in how a President Barack Obama would respond to the growing humanitarian and legal crisis at the controversial U.S. detention camp on Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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