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2018 Colorado Revised Statutes | Title 25: Public Health and Environment Family Planning | Article 6: Family Planning 

Part 1 - Family Planning
CO Rev Stat § 25-6-102 (2018)

25-6-102. Policy, authority, and prohibitions against restrictions. {}

(9) No private institution or physician, nor any agent or employee of such institution or physician, shall be prohibited from refusing to provide contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information when such refusal is based upon religious or conscientious objection, and no such institution, employee, agent, or physician shall be held liable for such refusal.

Part 2 - Family Planning and Birth Control
CO Rev Stat § 25-6-207 (2018) County employee exemption

Any county employee or city and county employee may refuse to accept the duty of offering family planning and birth control services to the extent that such duty is contrary to his personal religious beliefs, and such refusal shall not be grounds for any disciplinary action, for dismissal, for any interdepartmental transfer, for any other discrimination in his employment, for suspension from employment with the county or city and county, or for any loss in pay or other benefits.