article_snippet: A new and unlikely fashion trend has emerged in Colorado for sporting jewelry in the shape of IUDs - birth control implants otherwise known as intrauterine devices.
article_snippet: Wearing the glittery, brightly-colored objects as earrings or, in the case of men, lapel pins, is a show of support for a new bill which would plunge $5million in state funding into a program which supplies this form of birth control to low-income women.
article_snippet: The jewelry has been purchased by more than 200 lobbyists and lawmakers in favor of the Colorado Family Planning Initiative, from web retailer Etsy, and is crafted out of resin by Dr Virginia Smith, an OB-GYN based in Ohio.
article_snippet: Trending: Wearing these IUD replicas is a show of support for a new bill which would allocate $5million in state funding into a program which supplies this form of birth control to low-income women in Colorado .
article_snippet: The resin jewelry has been purchased by more than 200 lobbyists and lawmakers in favor of the bill, from web retailer Etsy, and is made by Dr Virginia Smith, an OB-GYN based in Ohio .
article_snippet: Dr Smith, who has seen business for her IUD jewelry go through the roof recently, told ABC's 7News Denver: 'I think women should have access to options and so if this promotes access to options then I think that is a good thing.'
highlights_snippet: The earrings and lapel pins, which cost $20, are sold on Etsy and made by Dr Virginia Smith, an Ohio-based OB-GYN .
  
highlights_snippet: The earrings and lapel pins, which cost $20 have been adopted and worn by lobbyists who support a program called the Colorado Family Planning Initiative .
  