Editorials, Op-Eds, Endorsements

Following are editorials, op-eds and letters of endorsement for continuing funding for this important program from newspapers and organizations across Colorado.

Better Contraception For Young Women
The New York Times
July 13, 2015

Birth-control Funding
Cortez Journal
April 20, 2015

Reducing unintended pregnancies is economic issue
Montrose Press
Don Coram
March 29, 2015

IUD funding has positive results in county
Coloradoan
Avie Strand
April 2, 2015

Colorado bill funding contraception would save state money
Summit Daily Letter to the Editor
Sue McHenry
March 27, 2015

Family planning is key
Boulder Daily Camera
Cristina Aguilar
March 20, 2015

Reducing unintended pregnancies is a win for Colorado
Brighton Blade
Councilwoman Jadie Carson
March 18, 2015

Funding would reduce unwanted pregnancies
Loveland Reporter Herald
Avie Strand, Community Health Service Director, Larimer County Department of Health and Environment
March 16, 2015

The birth of ignorance; get science right before voting on teen pregnancy bill
Aurora Sentinel Editorial
March 11, 2015

Pregnancy prevention program needs more funding one way or another
Greeley Tribune Editorial
March 10, 2015

Colorado Family Planning Initiative a success
Ft. Morgan Times Letter to the Editor
Dr. Tony Cappello, Public Health Director, Northeast Colorado Health Department
Roger Segura, Manager, Morgan County Department of Human Services
February 24, 2015

Reducing unintended consequences: Win for women and state
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Trési Houpt
February 17, 2015

Colorado Must Retain Funding for Birth Control
The Denver Post Editorial
February 14, 2015

Coram and IUDs: State representative is right: Funding long-term contraceptives is a win-win
Durango Herald Editorial
February 2, 2015

Program for Teens Needs Boost
The Denver Post Editorial
December 7, 2014

“Experience across Colorado, including in Pitkin County, shows that long-acting reversible contraception is effective at reducing the birth rate, including among young and low income women, reducing the abortion rate and reducing dependence on government programs.” – Letter of support from the Pitkin County Commissioners .

February 5, 2015, Steven F. Child, Chair, Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners >

In Their Own Words

Participating clinics across Colorado are sharing the real impacts of the program’s results on young women and their families:

In Their Own Words

A patient returned to our clinic after 3 years to have her implant removed and replaced. She has graduated high school, is currently working at medical center and planning on attending nursing school in the future. I asked how her life would have been different if she did not have this LARC, and she said she had a “scare”—a missed period – when she was 17. She told her mom about the situation, and her mom found our clinic. They came in and once she found out that she was not pregnant, she learned about her options and decided to get the implant.

- Staff from Children’s Hospital Adolescent Clinic

"At one of our clinics, a young woman came in for a Nexplanon. Afterward, she told her friends how much she loved it, and before long our Nurse Practitioner had inserted nine other implants in young women – all within three months and in ways that worked for the patients. We strive to provide women with a worry-free method as they navigate their lives."

- Staff of San Juan Basin Health Department

"A young girl came to our clinic at the request of her mother. The mother had been a very young mom and was worried about her daughter. I counseled the daughter and found out she did have a boyfriend but had remained abstinent. She knew how concerned her mother was and decided to go ahead with the Nexplanon. She then told me that it was a great option because she did not plan on having kids until after she pursued an acting career and that is was so great how long this method would last!"

- Staff of Lake County Public Health

"A young woman who graduated from South High School visited Westside Clinic today. When she was a student, she met several times with our School-Based Health Educators and was referred to Westside Health Center in September 2010 for a contraceptive implant. She is almost 20 years old now and recently married. She came to see me today because her implant expires in 2 months and she and her husband are planning to start a family. We were able to discuss prenatal vitamins and how to plan for a healthy pregnancy. Success!"

- Staff from Denver Health

I just saw a super smart, young single mom who came to me because she was getting back into a relationship after being abstinent since her two year old was born. She came in for birth control pills – which she said she was using before she got pregnant. I shared with her all her options she got very excited about an IUD. “No one told me I could have that.” We had a no show later that morning, and fit her into that time slot so she could have an IUD inserted, letting her head out the door feeling great about her new method.

- Staff from Summit Community Care Clinic