LAWMAKERS -- SPEAKING
OUT TODAY ABOUT THE
RECENTLY-PASSED
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
CARE ACT.
GOVERNOR GINA
RAIMONDO SIGNED THE
HOTLY-DEBATED
LEGISLATION WEDNESDAY.
AMONG THOSE -- TODAY --
URGING PRO-LIFERS TO
CARRY ON THEIR FIGHT --
WAS FORMER RHODE
ISLAND GOVERNOR DON
CARCIERI.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH IS
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE--
WITH WHAT THESE
LAWMAKERS SAY THEIR
FOCUS IS NOW.
KAIT?
(KW)
PRO-LIFE SUPPORTERS
GATHERING AT THE STATE
HOUSE THIS MORNING
ACKNOWLEDGED THEY
CAN'T OVERTURN THE
NEWLY SIGNED LAW - OR
CHANGE THE LAW OF THE
LAND WHICH LEGALIZES
ABORTIONS THROUGH THE
LANDMARK ROE VERSUS
WADE SUPREME COURT
DECISION.
BUT THEY'RE HOPING TO
MAKE CHANGES IN THE
FUTURE.
THE INK HAS JUST DRIED ON
THE REPRODUCTIVE PRIVACY
ACT - SIGNED INTO LAW LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE
STATE HOUSE.
BUT PRO-LIFE LAWMAKERS,
ORGANIZATIONS - AND EVEN
FORMER GOVERNOR DON
CARCIERI - SAY THEIR FIGHT IS
NOT OVER - IT'S SIMPLY
CHANGING NOW FOR NEXT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
"We have found that Rhode Island
Dept. of Health for the past 10
years, 10 years mind you, has
done
two, two inspections of Planned
Parenthood. That's a disgrace. A
nail salon, even McDonald's gets
a
yearly health inspection."
SENATE MINORITY WHIP ELAINE
MORGAN SAID SHE WILL FOCUS
ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN
GETTING ABORTIONS.
FORMER GOVERNOR CARCIERI
- URGING PRO-LIFE VOTERS -
NOT TO GIVE UP - BLAMING THE
PASSAGE OF THIS ACT - ON OUT
OF STATE INTERESTS AND FAR-
LEFT INFLUENCERS.
"I think things will change.
They are
changing in other parts of the
country. Don't get discouraged.
I've
been here long enough to see
these
winds blow differently.
Fortunately,
people that make decisions now
are
out of office sooner or later."
CARCIERI ADMITTED HE HASN'T
BEEN VOCAL ON POLITICAL
ISSUES IN YEARS - BUT SAID HE
NEEDED TO SPEAK OUT ON
THIS ONE.
"I believe firmly that the
foundation
of government and community is
life
and the protection for life."
AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS
NEWS CONFERENCE - SENATE
JUDICIARY CHAIR ERIN LYNCH
PRATA SAT DOWN FOR A TAPING
OF NEWSMAKERS - TELLING
EYEWITNESS NEWS - THIS LAW
WAS SIGNED AFTER LISTENING
CAREFULLY TO THE
COLLECTIVE VOICE OF RHODE
ISLANDERS.
"It was very important not only
to so
many members of our chamber but
to so many Rhode Islanders and
it
deserved the opportunity for us
to
give it every look we could to
see
what we could do to get it to a
place
where we could have the governor
sign it."
(KW)
TODAY - I CHECKED WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH TO SEE IF THEY
REALLY HAVE ONLY
INSPECTED ABORTION
CLINICS TWICE IN TEN
YEARS.
THEY CONFIRMED THAT'S
TRUE - SAYING
INSPECTIONS ARE
TYPICALLY DONE ON A
COMPLAINT-BASIS.
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE -I'M
KAIT WALSH -
