Colorado’s governor on April 4 signed a bill into law that makes permanent the right for women to get abortions. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, signed HB 22-1279, also known as the Reproductive Health Equity Act, after the Democrat-controlled state legislature approved the legislation. The bill states that “every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual’s reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception” and that “a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to continue a pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion.” Additionally, the legislation says fetuses, or unborn babies, do not have “independent or derivative rights” in Colorado. Polis and other supporters said the legislation will help ensure women’s rights are upheld even if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade. “No matter what the Supreme Court does in the future, people, women in Colorado will be …