In Colorado — not like in states together with Wyoming, Utah and Texas — the Supreme Courtroom’s current determination overturning Roe v. Wade doesn’t imply abortion is already unlawful or quickly could possibly be banned.
Whereas Wyoming, Utah and Texas are amongst these states with legal guidelines on the books that would ban abortion procedures by the tip of subsequent month, Colorado regulation permits abortion at any level in a being pregnant. However the truth that their rights have been secured, not less than for now, in Colorado didn’t cease just a few thousand individuals from displaying as much as rally Monday night on the Capitol in Denver.
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“On the finish of the day, we now have to resolve if we’re going to honor girls as being people,” mentioned Rebecca Taylor, when requested what introduced her to the rally. She pointed to an indication that learn “Life/Liberty/Freedom/Human rights for girls now!”
“I’m right here as a result of I’m upset, as a result of everyone in addition to straight white cisgender males are thought of second-class residents,” her buddy, Kate Duffy, added. “I’m sick of it. So I’m right here to point out my assist for myself, my mates and each different girl and pregnant individual on this nation.”
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From left, Kate Duffy, Martha Threat and Rebecca Taylor attend a rally for abortion rights on the Colorado State Capitol constructing in Denver on June 27, 2022. (Religion Miller/Colorado Newsline)
The rally was organized by a coalition of statewide progressive teams, together with the ACLU of Colorado; Cobalt Advocates; Colorado Group for Latina Alternative and Reproductive Rights, or COLOR; Interfaith Alliance of Colorado; New Period Colorado; Deliberate Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains; and ProgressNow Colorado Training.
Beginning round 6 p.m., elected officers and activists rallied the group from the west steps of the Colorado Capitol constructing. They spoke for about two and a half hours, urging attendees to vote for pro-abortion rights candidates, assist native abortion funds and make their voices heard.
“We’re right here right now as a result of 9 unelected individuals within the Supreme Courtroom selected to enact violence,” mentioned Elva Escobedo of COLOR. “This determination will come down the toughest on low-income individuals, on individuals of colour, on LGBT individuals, on younger individuals.”
Among the many Democratic elected officers on the rally have been Gov. Jared Polis; U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette of Denver and Jason Crow of Aurora; state Sens. Julie Gonzales, Religion Winter and Tammy Story; state Reps. Karen McCormick, Kyle Mullica, Yadira Caraveo, Emily Sirota, Brianna Titone, Lindsey Daugherty, Iman Jodeh, Steven Woodrow and Mike Weissman; and Legal professional Common Phil Weiser.
DeGette identified that the U.S. Home of Representatives had handed a invoice to codify abortion rights, however the effort failed within the Senate. To get it accomplished, she mentioned, Democrats want to take care of their majority within the Home, win extra seats within the Senate and abolish the filibuster, a delay tactic that forestalls the Senate from passing payments with no three-fifths majority.
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Polis praised the brand new regulation defending long-existing abortion rights on the state degree and declared that “collectively we are going to reverse this development” of limiting reproductive rights in different components of the nation.
“No girl ought to ever face jail time for terminating a being pregnant,” Polis mentioned.
Folks march for abortion rights close to the Colorado State Capitol at Grant Avenue and 14th Avenue. (Religion Miller/Colorado Newsline)
A whole lot of individuals broke away from the rally and commenced marching via the streets across the Capitol by 7 p.m., yelling and carrying indicators.
The Colorado State Patrol and Denver Police Division maintained a presence all through the occasion.
Denver police haven’t reported vandalism or violent altercations in reference to protests of the Supreme Courtroom’s Friday determination. In close by Longmont, about 30 miles north of Denver, a Christian disaster being pregnant middle was vandalized and caught hearth early Saturday morning, based on the Longmont Public Security Division.
Seizing the political second
With midterm elections closing in, rally organizers sought to attract a distinction between Republican and Democratic candidates on abortion rights.
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“The Republican Celebration proper now’s placing up insurrectionists, election deniers, anti-abortion, corporatists who’re extra curious about seeing their backside traces rise as an alternative of making certain the bodily autonomy of the individuals they’re elected to serve,” mentioned Gonzales, a Denver Democrat.
State Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat, speaks at a rally for reproductive rights on the Colorado State Capitol constructing in Denver on June 27, 2022. State Reps. Mike Weissman of Aurora and Brianna Titone of Arvada stand to her proper. (Religion Miller/Colorado Newsline)
Democrats at present management the Colorado Home, Senate and governor’s workplace, however the June 28 major election’s early turnout numbers, which favor Republicans, may level to a GOP benefit in November. Democrats have constantly received statewide races within the final a number of years, however their opponents imagine hovering inflation, record-high fuel costs and President Joe Biden’s low approval ranking spell bother within the midterms for the celebration in energy.
“I’m not going to take a seat right here and inform you to vote more durable,” Gonzales instructed protesters, however Republicans are hoping Democratic voters “sit this one out.”
Republican candidates for statewide workplace have criticized Colorado’s new regulation defending abortion rights, and a few have indicated assist for banning or limiting the process.
In a Saturday interview with conservative radio host Randy Corporon, Republican gubernatorial major candidate Heidi Ganahl referred to as Colorado’s new abortion regulation “disgusting.” The regulation was sponsored by Rep. Meg Froelich of Englewood, Home Majority Chief Daneya Esgar of Pueblo and Gonzales, all Democrats.
“I hope to be the primary girl governor and to characterize girls in a approach that Jared Polis isn’t by signing that disgusting abortion regulation,” Ganahl, who serves on the College of Colorado Board of Regents, instructed Corporon. “I believe giving (younger girls) financial prosperity and a shiny future forward is the easiest way that we will help them and assist them in powerful choices that they could need to make.”
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It’s unclear whether or not Ganahl would assist banning abortion after six weeks or putting in different restrictions. Her major opponent, Greg Lopez, has beforehand mentioned he’d be prone to signal a regulation banning abortion if it have been dropped at him as governor, relying on the language.
“Ganahl is clearly making an attempt to sign her actual views to the bottom forward of the first — she has intentionally hid her actual positions all through the marketing campaign, and we are going to maintain her accountable to her hard-right positions,” Colorado Democratic Celebration spokesperson Kailee Stiles mentioned in a written assertion about Ganahl’s radio look.
Reproductive rights advocates are planning poll measures in 2024 to enshrine HB-1279 within the state’s Structure — making it not possible to overturn with out one other vote of the individuals — and to repeal a state ban on utilizing public funding for abortion care.
Gonzales and Froelich are planning a follow-up to HB-1279 that may “broaden entry” to abortion by “defending suppliers.”
Rights nonetheless protected
Colorado abortion suppliers and advocates emphasize that individuals ought to preserve their appointments, and that clinics will be capable to meet the wants of pregnant Coloradans in addition to sufferers touring from states the place the process is banned. A Monday assertion from the Colorado Coalition In opposition to Sexual Assault, or CCASA, echoed these sentiments, noting that 14.9% of biologically feminine survivors of rape turn out to be pregnant.
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CCASA’s web site, YouHaveTheRightCO.org, gives a listing of companies for sexual assault survivors — together with reproductive well being care choices which might be out there “no matter whether or not or not a survivor studies to regulation enforcement,” the assertion mentioned.
“If you understand somebody who wants an appointment, have them name and welcome them to Colorado, as a result of Colorado is a pro-choice state,” Gonzales instructed protesters.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Travis Hunter wore custom-made football cleats in Saturday night’s game against Central Florida – a pair of gold-colored shoes with a graphic on them depicting the mountains and trees of Boulder, Colorado.
They had quite a night. First he scored a 23-yard touchdown in them in the first quarter. Then he made an interception and flashed the Heisman Trophy pose in them in the third quarter. After his Colorado team won the game, 48-21, Colorado’s two-way superstar even took those cleats off his feet and gave them to somebody in the stands here at FBC Mortgage Stadium.
“That’s who he is, man,” Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said of Hunter’s big night.
By the time it was over, Hunter had caught nine passes for 89 yards and a touchdown, snagged one interception, broke up one other opposing pass attempt and recorded two tackles before walking back to the locker room in his socks.
Mr. Everywhere had done it again.
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But this time was different.
Why was this win different for Travis Hunter and Deion Sanders?
Hunter’s team also rose to the occasion around him to play what might be its best all-around game in Sanders’ two seasons as head coach.
It also came on a homecoming of sorts for both Sanders and Hunter, both Florida natives coming home to lead the Buffaloes (4-1) to their third straight win.
“I can’t even tell you how emotional I am about these young men and seeing what they could do when they put it all together and seeing what we’re capable of when we put it all together,” Sanders said afterward.
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The win effectively puts the Big 12 Conference on notice. The Buffs are hot, on the move and might even come close to cracking the national Top 25. The Buffs led 27-14 at halftime and held the nation’s No. 1 rushing offense to 177 rushing yards, nearly 200 under UCF’s season average before Saturday.
Here’s how they did it Saturday and what it means:
What did Deion Sanders say about win?
He was in a playful mood after a warm, humid game that started about 50 minutes late because of lightning in the area. He poked fun of Hunter, who is known to wear onesie pajamas and doesn’t always like talking to the news media after games.
“Knowing Travis, he ain’t coming,” Sanders said at the postgame news conference. “He’s probably on the bus with a onesie on.”
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Sanders also poked fun of his quarterback son Shedeur, who threw an interception on the game’s opening drive before leading the Buffs on scoring drives in six of their next seven possessions in front of an announced sellout crowd of 45,702 at FBC Mortgage Stadium. Shedeur Sanders completed 28 of 35 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns. He added three carries for 28 yards and was only sacked twice despite the loss of a starting guard to injury this week.
“C’mon Grown, they want to ask you about the interception,” Deion Sanders said to his son as the quarterback entered the post-game news conference.
That’s what Sanders calls Shedeur: “Grown” – as in mature beyond his years.
Shedeur Sanders showed it by settling down after the initial turnover and letting his running game take some pressure off of him for a change. The Buffs compiled 128 rushing yards on 29 carries, led by 39 from running back Isaiah Augustave, a native of Naples, Florida.
UCF gave up two interceptions and two fumbles to Colorado, including one that was returned 95 yards by safety Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig for the final touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter.
What did Shedeur Sanders say afterward?
He was asked how he stays focused amid the hype and all the football legends that come to see him and his father at games. On Saturday, Cam Newton, the 2010 Heisman Trophy winner, greeted him before the game. Hall of Fame receivers Michael Irvin and Terrell Owens watched him from the Colorado sideline, too.
So how does he do it? Shedeur Sanders answered by saying he collects personal slights, either real or imagined. He said he remembers being described as “just an HBCU kid who couldn’t do it at the Power 5 level,” referring to Jackson State, a historically Black college where he played in 2022 before transferring to Colorado last year.
“I don’t forget anything,” Sanders said. “I don’t forget what anybody ever said, and personally I’m not one to make friends or feel like just because success is going on, now I’m going to forgive everybody. Nah, whatever you said at any point in time, I’m not really a forgiving type.”
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That kind of mindset drove him to dominate a team Saturday that was favored by two touchdowns. He spread the ball around to eight different receivers and knocked the Knights (3-1) out of their comfort zone by forcing them to pass the ball more to keep up.
“To keep up with our type of scoring, that gets them out of their comfort zone and provokes them to throw the ball a little more than they’d like to,” Deion Sanders said.
His team now gets some rest heading into a bye weekend in Boulder. The Buffs resume play at home on Oct. 12 against Kansas State.
Deion Sanders talks about his record
Sanders pulled a trick on the news media afterward to make a point. With four wins, his team now has matched its win total from last year, when the Buffs finished 4-8 in his first season in Boulder.
“I’m so darn proud of where we are,” Sanders said. “We could be in a whole different place right now, but look it… We’re going into the break. What’s the record?”
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“Four-and-one,” the news media responded.
“Say it again,” Sanders said, acting like he couldn’t hear.
“Four-and-one,” the room said again.
“I just wanted to hear y’all say it collectively, and y’all fell for it,” Sanders said with a laugh.
“We’re 4-1 going into the break, and I’m so excited, you have no idea,” Sanders said. “It’s gonna be a really good plane ride tonight.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Shedeur Sanders threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns Saturday to help Colorado match its victory total for all of last season with a 48-21 rout of UCF.
Two-way star Travis Hunter had a TD catch and interception for the Buffaloes (4-1, 2-0 Big 12), who have won three straight games following a lopsided road loss to Nebraska.
Hunter scored on a 23-yard reception in the first quarter, struck a Heisman pose after his second-half inteception, and finished with nine catches on nine targets for 89 yards.
Sanders. son of coach Deion Sanders, also had TD throws of 47 yards to Will Sheppard and 10 yards to LaJohntay Wester on the way to completing 28 of 35 passes with one interception.
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Colorado’s improved defense stood tall, too, slowing down an offense that entered game averaging a nation-leading 375.7 yards per game rushing. The Buffaloes forced four turnovers — intercepting KJ Jefferson twice, once in the end zone — and also denying UCF points on one drive that stalled inside the Colorado 1.
Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig finished off the strong defensive performance by picking up a fumble in the closing minutes and returning it 95 yards for Colorado’s final touchdown.
Both teams were coming off exciting comeback wins in their conference openers, with Colordao beating Baylor after forcing overtime on Sanders’ 43-yard Hail Mary TD to Wester on the last play of regulation and UCF wiping out a 21-point deficit on the road to defeat TCU 35-34.
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders walks along the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Central Florida, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. Credit: AP/Phelan M. Ebenhack
Welcoming the Buffaloes to Orlando for the first meeting between the teams capped a day in which UCF hosted the FOX Big Noon Kickoff pregame show on campus, giving coach Gus Malzahn’s program the most national exposure the Knights have received since entering the Big 12 last season.
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Jefferson completed 20 of 35 passes for 284 yards, including TDs of 75 yards to RJ Harvey and 15 yards to Xavier Townsend. The quarterback also scored on a 7-yard run.
THE TAKEAWAY
Colorado: Shedeur Sanders had another big day passing, but the Buffaloes ran the ball well, too, finishing with 128 yards rushing on 28 attempts.
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) is sacked by Central Florida defensive end Nyjalik Kelly, right, during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. Credit: AP/Phelan M. Ebenhack
UCF: The Knights secondary was exposed in their narrow victory over TCU. Sanders was sacked twice, but on far too many occasions when the quarterback escaped pressure he was able to find receivers running wide open.
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Colorado: Bye week before hosting No. 23 Kansas State on Oct. 12
Ranked as the sixth most beautiful golf course in the U.S. in The Golf Book of Lists, The Estes Park 18-Hole Golf Course is set in a wide mountain valley and offers breathtaking panoramic views of Meeker and Longs Peaks. It also is home to some of the 3,200 elk roam that freely roam the surrounding area.
The vast majority golfers who come in contact with the resident elk will simply pick up or wait it out until they have a clear shot but there are some who blatantly disregard Section 33-6-128 of Colorado State Law that expressly prohibits harassment of any wildlife.
The following video was taken at the driving range and shows man purposely hitting a golf ball at group of elk. The person shooting the video threatens to send the video to the cops if the golfer continued to hit balls at the elk and comments that this is not the first time he has witnessed this type of heinous behavior.
Estes Park 18-Hole Golf Course does not have any specific wildlife guidelines for golfers on their website but they really should. The USGA does have rule 16.2 for Dangerous Animal Condition whereby a golfer is granted relief when a dangerous animal is near a ball as it lies.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed they are investigating this incident as wildlife harassment.
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