- I know that you andmany other, you know,

others in Colorado workedvery hard in support

of Proposition 115.

What is your response?

What's your reaction tothe voters of the state,

you know, rejecting it.

- Yeah, you know, naturallywe are very disappointed

that Prop 115 didn't pass.

It was not the resultthat we were hoping for.

Colorado remains an outlier,one of only seven states

that allows late term abortionwithout any restrictions.

And the truth is is thatthere were a lot of abortion

supporting organizations thatpoured millions of dollars

into Colorado to keepingit a travel destination

for late-term abortion.

- Wow, that is just, it'sheartbreaking that, you know,

you would think, because Iunderstand prior to the vote,

the voters in the stateseemed pretty split,

pretty evenly split on this issue,

but to see it being rejected.

So, you know, you also mentioned,

I read somewhere that youmentioned that a majority,

and we all know that a majorityof Americans, you know,

they really do support, youknow, some sort of restrictions,

you know, when it comes to abortion.

Talk about that.

- That's right.

So Gallup Polling has consistently shown,

from recently, all theway back into the 1990s,

that more than 80% ofAmericans believe that there

ought to be restrictionson late-term abortion.

And I think what that demonstratesis that most Americans

have a moderate position whenit comes to abortion policy.

Colorado is out of sync withwhat the majority of Americans

feel and believe about abortion.

You know, we're very gratefulfor the people who organized

the strong effort to putthis measure on the ballot

and to advocate for its passage.

And, you know, in my opinion,I think that this was

the largest and the mostbi-partisan effort that we've seen

to pass an abortionrestriction in Colorado.

So in the past we've hadseveral bills come up

and we have never receivedthe amount of support

that we received on Prop 115.

Prop 115 received over 1.1million votes of support,

which is far greater thanany other previous measures

restricting abortion in Colorado.

And I think that the numbersdemonstrate that Colorado

is trending in the right direction.

We're trending toward common sense,

reasonable abortion policy.

Unfortunately, last night we didn't win,

but this isn't the end of the story.

We will continue toeducate and to advocate

for reasonable abortion policy,because women and babies

deserve better than late term abortions.

- Absolutely, absolutely.

What message, Nicole, does this send?

You know, what does it say?

I mean, you know, you'retalking about this being

the largest effort,bi-partisan effort, you know,

to bring something like this to pass,

but yet it still failed.

So what message does that send?

- You know, I think itdemonstrates just how scared

the other side was.

Like I said, they pouredmillions and millions

into this campaign becausethey really believed

that if Colorado fell,it would start a trend

of other states falling as well,

when it comes to late term abortion.

Obviously when you'retalking about saving a mother

and saving a baby, we'retalking about affirming

a life ethic, that life isvaluable, that it's worth saving,

that it's better than abortion.

You know, a lot of theleft used arguments like,

"Oh, well what if a babyis diagnosed, you know,

"past 22 weeks, with somekind of life-threatening

"or terminal fetal diagnosis?"

Like, these women need tohave access to abortion.

That is not the most compassionateor life=affirming way

for women who have loved and wanted babies

to say goodbye to a loved one.

There's things likeperinatal hospice care,

where there are chaplains,doctors, nurses, social workers,

and hospice specialistswho come alongside a family

who has a child who's just beendiagnosed with some kind of

life limiting or fetal diagnosis.

And they come alongside of them.

They celebrate the life of the baby.

They help with medicalintervention, if necessary,

while the baby is passing.

They provide opportunitiesto celebrate that baby's life

after its death.

There's a sense of closureand a sense of compassion

and love for families who have wanted

and loved ones who have just passed.

And that's something thatabortion can never provide.

And we believe that that isthe best way to help women

who do get these kinds of diagnoses.

And the truth is, inColorado, there's about 300

that are reported by theDepartment of Health,

300 late-term abortions.

Unfortunately, it doesn'trecord why the women

got the late-term abortion.

So, for every argumentthat the left might make,

which is every single one of these

the baby was gonna die anyway.

Well, that's just notaccurate and it's not true,

because we don't have the data.

We don't know why the womengot the late-term abortions.

But what we do know is thatthere's a more compassionate way

to walk with women on thisjourney, if they are facing

the death of a loved and wanted baby.

Much more compassionateand life-affirming ways

than abortion.

- Absolutely, I totally agree with that.

So where does the pro-lifemovement in Colorado

go from here?

What's next?

I understand, as you mentioned, you know,

there's been so many timesthat there's been legislation

issued or introduced I should say,

or a ballot measure isintroduced and it's (indistinct).

So, what's next?

Where do you go from here?

- We regroup and we continue educating.

I think that is the most important thing.

I can tell you, just from goingout and having conversations

with people, with voters,they were shocked to learn

that in Colorado a womancould get an abortion

up until the day before the baby's born,

for any reason whatsoever.

Shocked to know that.

Healthy baby and awoman could decide that.

And the truth is thatonce we hit the 22 marks,

a baby becomes viable.

There's studies out ofthe University of Iowa,

showing that babies born at22 weeks had a 63% chance

of survival with medical intervention.

And that number jumped from 63 to 84%,

just one week later,babies born at 23 weeks.

So what we know is thatscience is advancing,

but Colorado policy is staying stagnant

and it's not consistentwith medical advancement.

So things like educating the public

on this kind of information is crucial.

I think it's also reallyimportant to educate women

who might find themselvesin crisis pregnancies

to know that there are other options.

A lot of people were surprised to learn

about perinatal hospice care.

That there's actually theseorganizations out there

that can come alongsidea family and support them

and love them through thatwalk and through that diagnosis

and be a part of it, sothat their only choice isn't

to abort a loved and wanted baby.

So I think educating is vital.

And then just, we continue to advocate.

We've had, as I said, a strong coalition

of both Republicans and Democrats.

It was a special treat towork with Democrats for Life

on this and to come alongside them.

They posted pictures onsocial media with, you know,

signs up for Democratic politicians,

but also signs in support of this measure.

And it was a special treatto see that there's a way

that we can come togetherand we can work together

on policies that we believe in together.

So I think a continued effortto work across party lines

is also vital, because in orderto pass something like this,

you've gotta have Republicansand Democrats who all believe

in a life ethic and thatonce life is viable,

it oughta be protected.

- That is gonna be certainlyour hope and our prayer

for Colorado, that you allwill regroup and continue

to fight the good fight for life.

Nicole, thank so much for taking the time

to talk with us today.

- My pleasure, thanksso much for having me on

and continue praying for Colorado.

It's a place where Ibelieve God wants to move

and He will be.

He's stirring up othersto move and support

of these kind of measures.

- We'll certainly be praying.Thank you so much.

- Thank you.- God bless.

- God bless you.