Signatures submitted for three Colorado ballot initiatives related to the human trafficking of minors, sex requirements
Initiative 108
The first measure, Initiative 108, would increase the penalties for the sexual trafficking of a minor by raising it from a Class 2 felony to a Class 1 felony. The initiative would also require a life sentence for the felony, without the possibility of parole or release.
Initiative 109
Initiative 109 would require school- and association-sponsored athletic teams to be classified in one of three categories based on biological sex: (1) males/men/boys, (2) females/women/girls, or (3) coeducational or mixed. Teams designated for females, women, or girls would not be open to male students or participants. Teams designated for males, men, or boys would not be open to female students or participants unless no corresponding female team is offered for that sport. The measure would not limit participation in teams designated as coeducational or mixed.
Initiative 110
The last measure filed, Initiative 110, would prohibit healthcare professionals from performing surgeries on minors "for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics," as well as prohibit state and federal funds, Medicaid reimbursements, or insurance coverage from being used to pay for such surgeries. The phrase altering biological sex characteristics would be defined as "treatment in response to a minor’s perception of sex or gender" and exclude treatment for medically verifiable disorders of sex development or acquired physical or chemical abnormalities and male circumcision.
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