The Long Acting Reversible Contraception program in Colorado has been a success. Relatively low in cost, it’s achieved some spectacular results:

“The program was effective, helping the teen birth rate in Colorado drop 40 percent from 2009 through 2013,” according to the statement. “The abortion rate also dropped 42 percent in that same time period.”

And Republicans on the State Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee just voted to discontinue it. You might ask why, since the Republicans want fewer abortions, right?

The Denver Post reported that some members of the Republican caucus had referred to IUDs as an abortifacient, even though this conclusion has been repeatedly rejected by the scientific community.

There you have it: they think the lower teen birth rate and lower abortion rates were caused by abortions themselves. *face palm*

So what did the Republican in Colorado focus on instead?

At the same time, Republicans were pushing a last-minute bill that would require doctors to tell women that their unborn fetus could experience pain before an abortion could legally be performed. Republican state Rep. Patrick Neville, who sponsored the abortion bill, called it a “safety issue.” “I think women have a right to view an ultrasound, he said.

They already have that right. You’re trying to pass legislation that would make it mandatory, as if a woman doesn’t have a right not to see one.