This year’s CD4 election is an opportunity to move forward. A big reason why it may not make sense to return a Republican to Congress from Congressional District 4 (Douglas County and the Eastern Plains) is healthcare for women.
Historically, Republicans valued individual responsibility and believed that individuals could be trusted to make decisions about their life with minimal government interference. But over the past decades, that has changed. Specifically, Republican legislators do not trust women to balance the value of a pregnancy and their life circumstances. Instead, they want to impose a “one-size-fits-all” legislative solution to these highly personal decisions.
In Colorado, 59% of our citizens believe abortion should be legal in most all cases and yet we are faced with a Republican majority that seeks to restrict a woman’s right to include abortion as part of her healthcare. Electing another Republican to Congress will only widen the gap between citizen preferences and legislative initiatives. I support Trisha Calvarese for Congress since she is more in tune with citizen preferences when it comes to women’s healthcare.
Candy Kane
Highlands Ranch