HB 22-1279 Summary

• Codifies a fundamental right for individuals to make reproductive health-care decisions free from government interference, including decisions about contraception, pregnancy continuation, and abortion.

• Defines "reproductive health care" to include family planning, contraceptive care, abortion care, prenatal and postnatal care, fertility care, sterilization services, and treatments for sexually transmitted infections and reproductive cancers.

• Prohibits public entities from denying, restricting, or discriminating against individuals' reproductive rights in the regulation or provision of benefits, services, or information.

• Establishes that fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses do not have independent or derivative rights under Colorado law.

• Prevents public entities from prosecuting or punishing individuals for actions taken during their own pregnancy based on potential, actual, or perceived impact on the pregnancy or health outcomes.