Colorado Initiative 7, Repeal Prohibition on Public Funds for Abortions Amendment (1988)

Colorado Initiative 7
Election date November 8, 1988
Topic Abortion
Status d Defeated
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Colorado Initiative 7 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 8, 1988. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported repealing Article V, Section 50 of the Colorado Constitution, therefore allowing the state to use public funds for abortion.

A "no" vote opposed repealing Article V, Section 50 of the Colorado Constitution, thereby continuing to prohibit public funds from being used for abortions.

Election results

Colorado Initiative 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		534,070	39.76%
No		809,078	60.24%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Measure design

See also: Text of measure

Initiative 7 would have repealed Article V, Section 50 of the Colorado Constitution and instead allow public funds to be used for abortion. This initiative would have reversed Initiative 3, approved in 1984, that added an amendment to the Colorado Constitution that prohibited public funds from being used for abortion.

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Initiative 7 was as follows:

“

Shall there be an amendment to repeal Article V, Section 50 of the Colorado Constitution and to provide instead that the state and its agencies, institutions, and political subdivisions shall not prohibit the use of public funds for medical services for a woman solely because of her choice of whether or not to continue her pregnancy?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Support

Supporters

Organizations

• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Action Fund

Arguments

• Sylvia Clark, executive director of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains: "We're forcing poor women to complete pregnancies that women who have money would opt not to continue. That's unfair, that's unjust."

Opposition

Opponents

Officials

• U.S. Senator William Armstrong

Arguments

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Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing ballot measures in Colorado

In Colorado, in 1988, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot were equal to 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office of Colorado Secretary of State in the last general election.

See also

1988 Measures

• 1988 Measures
• Abortion policy on the ballot
• 1988 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Colorado State Legislative Council, Ballot History