{"id":234536,"date":"2020-11-13T09:41:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=234536"},"modified":"2020-11-12T13:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:07:29","slug":"efforts-ban-late-term-abortion-colorado-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/efforts-ban-late-term-abortion-colorado-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did efforts to ban late-term abortion in Colorado fail?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(National Review<\/a>)\u00a0As Alexandra DeSanctis pointed out in a piece on NRO<\/a> earlier this week, pro-lifers across the country were disappointed to see Colorado voters reject Proposition 115 at the ballot box last week.<\/p>\n

The ballot measure, which would have protected unborn children by prohibiting most abortions after 22 weeks gestation, was defeated by about an 18-point margin. Though the failure of Proposition 115 is disappointing, some important context is necessary.<\/p>\n

First, supporters of the measure raised only $500,000 to campaign for its passage, while opponents raised more than $9 million. Most media coverage of the proposition has failed to acknowledge this fact. Significant academic research suggests that fundraising is a strong predictor of the success of direct-democracy campaigns such as this one. As a result, considering that opponents of the proposition held an 18-1 fundraising advantage, it is unsurprising that the measure didn\u2019t pass \u2014 and it suggests that the failure might\u2019ve been due at least in part to lack of awareness or inaccurate information rather than disagreement with the substance of the measure.<\/p>\n

It is also important to note that pro-lifers have enjoyed only limited success with direct-democracy efforts in the past. In Colorado and West Virginia, pro-lifers have used ballot measures to limit taxpayer funding of abortion through Medicaid. In Florida, Alaska, and Montana, pro-lifers have used the same method to enact parental-involvement laws.<\/p>\n

READ: Heartbreaking: Colorado votes down late-term abortion ban<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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