Colorado Amendment 25, Informed Consent for Abortion Initiative (2000)
| Colorado Amendment 25 | |
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| Topic Abortion policy |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 25 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 7, 2000. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported requiring that medical professionals give pregnant women seeking an abortion specific information at least 24 hours prior to the procedure, with the woman giving voluntary, informed consent before the procedure and requiring the state annually produce materials on abortion. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring that medical professionals give pregnant women seeking an abortion specific information at least 24 hours prior to the procedure, with the woman giving voluntary, informed consent before the procedure and requiring the state annually produce materials on abortion. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 25 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 664,420 | 39.44% | ||
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1,020,029 | 60.56% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 25 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the requirement that any woman who is considering an abortion give voluntary, informed consent prior to the abortion, and, in connection therewith, defining several pertinent terms so that "abortion" includes termination of a known pregnancy at any time after conception, specifying the information a physician must provide to insure that a woman's consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed, requiring a physician, except in emergency cases, to provide the specified information to the woman at least twenty-four hours prior to performing an abortion, requiring the department of public health and environment to provide specified informational materials for women who are considering abortions, establishing procedures for emergency situations, requiring physicians to annually report specified information, requiring the department of public health and environment to annually publish a compilation of the physicians' reports, and providing for the administration and enforcement of the amendment's provisions. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
See also
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Footnotes
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