Jason Salzman
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Denver, CO, United States
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Colorado Republicans Want to Recall Democrats Backing Comprehensive Sex Ed
A campaign backed by Colorado's house GOP leader aims to recall Democrats due in part to a sex-ed bill described as a “state indoctrination plan to undermine parental rights to educate their children about sexuality." → Read More
In Key Colorado Race, Republican Tim Neville Accepts Maximum Donation From Hate Group
Colorado State Sen. Tim Neville accepted funds from former Congressman Tom Tancredo's Team America PAC, which has been designated as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center. → Read More
'Give Them Their Union': Colorado's Gubernatorial Candidates Speak Out on Planned Parenthood Union Dispute
Federal regulators approved a plan for workers to unionize at 14 of 18 Planned Parenthood clinics in Colorado. Planned Parenthood has fought the proposal. → Read More
A Bill Making Abortion Free Was Pulled in Colorado. Here's Why Advocates Still Have Hope.
The legislation serves as an "organizing tool" that could "lay the groundwork" for the repeal of Colorado's ban on public abortion funding, said Karla Gonzales Garcia, director of Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights. → Read More
A Bill Making Abortion Free Was Pulled in Colorado. Here's Why Advocates Still Have Hope.
The legislation serves as an "organizing tool" that could "lay the groundwork" for the repeal of Colorado's ban on public abortion funding, said Karla Gonzales Garcia, director of Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights. → Read More
She Won't 'Accept a Label' on Abortion, But This Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate Engineered Planned Parenthood's Defunding
Court documents uncovered by Rewire.News show that Cynthia Coffman spearheaded a successful effort 17 years ago to strip Planned Parenthood of state funds for its non-abortion family planning services. → Read More
Colorado Supreme Court Rules Against Planned Parenthood Defunding
"This court case was always just a sideshow from extremists with a harmful agenda." → Read More
Echoing Trump, Gardner Says Passage Of Tax Bill Will Be A 'Great Christmas Celebration Across The Country'
Sounding much like Trump, who last week called the Republican tax bill “one of the great Christmas gifts to middle-income people,” U.S. Sen. Cory Ga... → Read More
Anti-Choice Leaders In Colorado Still Angry About Program That's Dropped Teen Abortion Rate By 64 Percent
Colorado officials and pro-abortion advocates are ecstatic over new statistics showing that the teen abortion rate has dropped 64 percent in Colorado ove... → Read More
Teen Pregnancy, Abortion Rates Plummet in Colorado Thanks to Contraception Program
A successful teen-pregnancy prevention program, which promotes contraceptive implants, has also saved over $65 million in health care and other costs of assistance over eight years. → Read More
Colorado Anti-Abortion Group Wants Potential Fathers To Have A Say In A Woman's Abortion Decision
Colorado Campaign for Life, a statewide anti-abortion group, is promoting a Facebook meme with a photo of a man kissing a baby along with the text, "Her ... → Read More
Fetal 'Personhood' Backer Enters Colorado's GOP Gubernatorial Fray
Tom Tancredo’s anti-abortion stance in a general election would likely work against him in a state that has voted down so-called personhood amendments three times. → Read More
Columnists Shouldn't Have Trumpeted Dubious Poll Showing Free Speech Is 'Deeply Imperiled' On Campuses
The Denver Post has run two guest opinion columns (by a local columnist here and by a syndicated columnist here) relying heavily on a dubious study,... → Read More
Gardner’s Push For Trump To Dismantle Obamacare Is Coming To Fruition
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) has yet to comment on Trump’s latest effort to deliver a body blow to Obamacare by eliminating insurance assistance for low... → Read More
Kudos To A Lawmaker Who Owns Her Fake News Mistake
Susan Lontine did more than just delete the post. She owned the mistake. → Read More
Will Colorado Conservatives Stop Misrepresenting The Medicaid Budget?
I can’t tell ya how excited I was to read, “Is Medicaid Gobbling Up Colorado’s Budget,” in The Denver Post, and reporter John Ingold did not let me down.... → Read More
Congressman in Colorado Swing District Backpedals on Extreme Anti-Choice Positions
Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, who once supported radical anti-choice proposals like a "personhood" law, has slowly but surely softened his stance against abortion rights. → Read More
Prominent Colorado Republicans Rip Their Own Party
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) grabbed headlines yesterday by declaring the Republican Party “dead.” ‘After eight years of assuring that unified Repu... → Read More
United States Senate Committee On Finance
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Gardner Overlooks Fact That Insurance Would Go Up More Under Obamacare Replacement Than Under Obamacare
Citing increased health-insurance costs under Obamacare, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) stated on a conservative radio show Tuesday that the “most important th... → Read More