SB23-284 requires health benefit plans to cover a continuous 12-month use of over-the-counter or prescription contraceptives.
The House passed SB23-284 on April 29, 2023, by a vote of 58 to 5. We have assigned pluses to the noes because hormonal birth control drugs and devices, particularly high-dose ‘morning-after’ pills, can and do prevent uterine implantation of developing preborn children, causing them to function not only as “contraceptives,” but also as abortifacients, thereby resulting in ‘silent abortions.’ Given that the care of human life—not its destruction—is the greatest responsibility of government, Colorado ought to forbid all methods of abortion and secure the right to life for every preborn child. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.