CIARA:
PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES GATHERED AT
THE STATEHOUSE TODAY. 22NEWS
REPORTER JODI REED EXPLAINS THE
BILLS THEY'RE OPPOSING THIS
SESSION.
DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE ON
WEDNESDAY MEMBERS OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY INSTITUTE
AND THE CITIZENS FOR LIFE
COALITION URGED
LAWMAKERS TO REJECT BILLS THAT
WOULD EXPAND ABORTION ACCESS.
THE GROUP CITED POLLS FROM THE
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST THAT SHOWED
MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS ARE
OPPOSED TO ABORTION ACCESS
BEING EXPANDED.
EVEN HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS WHICH
IS
TYPICALLY SEEN AS A BLUE STATE
THIS BILL GOES TOO FAR FOR OUR
ELECTORATE, PEOPLE DO NOT WANT
TO
CHANGE THE LAWS TO RADICALLY
EXPAND LATE TERM ABORTION, TO
TAKE AWAY PARENTAL CONSENT
FOR ABORTION FOR YOUNG GIRLS.
AS STATES MOVE TO BAN ABORTIONS
COMPLETLEY
AND OTHERS MOVE TO EXPAND
ABORTION ACCESS, MASSACHUSETTS
COMMUNITIES LIKE
NORTHAMPTON ARE WORKING ON A
LOCAL LEVEL TO PROTECT A WOMAN'S
RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
MASSACHUSETTS HAS ALREADY
PROTECTED THE
RIGHT TO CHOOSE, IT IS PART OF
OUR STATE CONSTITUTION, THE
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
MADE THAT RULING BACK WHEN I WAS
A TODDLER, SO MASSACHUSETTS IS
NOT GOING TO MOVE IN A
DIRECTION THAT HURTS PEOPLE.
BOTH PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE
ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN HOLDING
DEMONSTRATIONS
SINCE ALABAMA PASSED A LAW TO
BAN ABORTION ACCESS. THIS CAUSED
A
DIVISION THAT CAN BE SEEN ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
JODI REED 22NEWS.
