13-22-702. Legislative declaration.

Statute text

(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.

History

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

Annotations

Editor's note: This section is similar to former 12-37.5-102 as it existed prior to 2018.

Annotations

 

ANNOTATION

Annotations

The legislative declaration of the Colorado Parental Notification Act does not provide any positive indication that the act should be interpreted in conjunction with the Colorado Children's Code to protect the health of a minor. Planned Parenthood of Rocky Mtns. Servs. Corp. v. Owens, 107 F. Supp. 2d 1271 (D. Colo. 2000), aff'd on other grounds, 287 F.3d 910 (10th Cir. 2002) (decided under former law).