§ 13-22-702 — Legislative declaration

(1) The people of the state of Colorado,
pursuant to the powers reserved to them in Article V of the Constitution of the state
of Colorado, declare that family life and the preservation of the traditional family
unit are of vital importance to the continuation of an orderly society; that the rights
of parents to rear and nurture their children during their formative years and to be
involved in all decisions of importance affecting such minor children should be
protected and encouraged, especially as such parental involvement relates to the
pregnancy of an unemancipated minor, recognizing that the decision by any such
minor to submit to an abortion may have adverse long-term consequences for her.

(2) The people of the state of Colorado, being mindful of the limitations
imposed upon them at the present time by the federal judiciary in the preservation
of the parent-child relationship, hereby enact into law the following provisions.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 18-032), ch. 8, p. 145, � 1, effective October 1.