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VOLUME 156 | ISSUE 28
Kayak rodeo returns to Clear Creek
How the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect abortion-access in Colorado In Colorado, there are — and will continue to be — very few abortion restrictions. BY SHANNON NAJMABADI THE COLORADO SUN
Aran Kilroy executes a flipping maneuver during the June 22 Kayak Rodeo at Clear Creek Whitewater Park. BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
For some visiting downtown Golden on June 22, this was their first rodeo. However, this wasn’t — to paraphrase the Garth Brooks song — the broncs-blood-steers-and-mud type of rodeo. This was more the surf-boatloop-and-float kind.
The annual Golden Kayak Rodeo returned to the Clear Creek Whitewater Park last week. The event, hosted by the Colorado Whitewater Association and sponsored by Golden River Sports, drew fewer competitors than usual. The last rodeo in 2019 had 30 participants. Organizer Dave Holzman said he received the city’s permission to host the event only three weeks be-
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PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN
forehand, so he had a short advertising window. The association’s downriver race will be 5 p.m. June 29 at the whitewater park, and Holzman hoped that would draw more participants. The small but mighty rodeo pressed on, with both intermediate and advanced competitors across its
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly five decades of federal abortion protections. The vote was 6-3. Justice Samuel Alito authored the majority opinion, which was signed by the other conservative justices on the court: Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts authored a concurring opinion, saying he would have preferred to ban abortion after 15 weeks without gutting Roe. The court’s liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, dissented. What does this mean? States can now decide if or how
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