HOUSE.
"When our rights are under
attack,
what do we do? Stand up and
fight
back!"
(M)
THIS AFTERNOON --
LOCAL ADVOCATES
RALLIED IN SUPPORT OF
WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS -- INCLUDING THE
RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.
(HE)
TODAY'S RALLY COMES
AMID PLEDGES FROM
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP TO DE-FUND
PLANNED PARENTHOOD --
AND APPOINT PRO-LIFE
JUSTICES TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
(M)
NOW TWO STATE
LAWMAKERS ARE
PROPOSING LEGISLATION
THAT--- WOULD INTEGRATE
"ROE VERSUS WADE" INTO
RHODE ISLAND STATE
LAW.
(HE)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER CAROLINE
GOGGIN JOINS US NOW
WITH THE DEVELOPING
DETAILS.
(CG)
THOSE AT THE RALLY TELL
ME TODAY'S
DEMONSTRATION.. AND
THE LEGISLATION THEY'RE
PROPOSING... IS IN
RESPONSE TO RECENT
DECISIONS AND PROMISES
MADE BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
THEY HOPE TO
SAFEGUARD STATE
RIGHTS... IN CASE
FEDERAL ONES ARE PUT
AT RISK.
A PUSH TO PROTECT
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS.
"If we take him at this word, we
all
have a reason to be concerned."
A PACKED STATE HOUSE
ROTUNDA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
BOTH WOMEN AND MEN...
PLEADING WITH ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO TAKE ACTION
NOW.
"Rhode Island does not have a
law
in the books that makes abortion
legal. We need to put into law a
protection for our rights in
case
something happens to Roe v.
Wade."
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND
SENATE INTRODUCED THE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
ACT WEDNESDAY.
THE BILL WOULD TAKE THE
PRINCIPLES OF ROE V WADE...
THE SUPREME COURT
DECISION THAT PROTECTS THE
RIGHT TO ABORTION.
"I'm a young person who's never
lived in a country where
abortion
was illegal. And so I think it
makes a
lot of sense to try to protect
the right
to abortion as much as possible
in
Rhode Island by passing this
reproductive health care bill."
BUT THE RHODE ISLAND
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
DISAGREES.
SENDING A STATEMENT TO
EYEWITNESS NEWS...
CALLING THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION "A DIRECT ATTACK
UPON DEFENSELESS AND
INNOCENT HUMAN LIFE."
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
REPRESENATIVES -- CALL IT A
UNIVERSAL ISSUE THAT
DESERVES ATTENTION.
"people think of this as a
women's
issue, or sort of marginalize it
in
some way. This is a human rights
issue that affects all of us.
All of our
families, our entire community."
(CG)
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
REPRESENATIVES TELL US
THE BILL CURRENTLY HAS
36 CO-SPONSORS IN THE
HOUSE...
BUT ARE IN THE PROCESS
OF GATHERING SENATE
SUPPORT.
I REACHED OUT TO
HOUSE SPEAKER
NICHOLAS MATTIELLO.
HIS OFFICE SAYS THE BILL
NEEDS TO GO THROUGH
THE COMMITTEE PROCESS
BEFORE HE COMMENTS
ON IT.
I'M CAROLINE GOGGIN,
