Issue Position: Women's Rights

Issue Position

I have stood up for women's rights all my adult life, first as an activist, then as a policy researcher and tenured professor, then as an elected public servant. I know what life was like before Roe v. Wade and we can never go back. Protecting women's rights and reproductive health is the foundation of economic independence for women.

Oppose all efforts to reduce or hamstring Title X family planning funding
Oppose all efforts to reduce Medicaid and restrict family planning provisions in Medicaid
Stand up completely for Roe v. Wade and oppose ANY efforts to weaken or overturn
Support and co-sponsor gun safety bills because gun violence in domestic situations is a major cause of death and injury to women
Fight any attempt to put "personhood" on the ballot
Make birth control more accessible
Demand women receive equal pay for equal work
Fund paid parental leave and defend pregnancy protections for working women
Support and defend the 1994 Violence Against Women Act.
Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment
Co-sponsor HR 4396 ME TOO Act.
Support Violence against Women Veterans Act.
All 5 years that I served in the State House I received 100% report cards from all the women's rights groups

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