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AG Coakley Urges Passage of Bill Enhancing Safe Access to Reproductive Health Centers

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At Legislative Hearing, AG Coakley Urges Swift Passage of Bill to Ensure Public Safety and Access after Supreme Court Overturned Massachusetts Buffer Zone Law

BOSTON – Urging for the swift passage of a bill that provides safe access for those seeking reproductive health care services, Attorney General Martha Coakley today testified before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of An Act to Promote Public Safety and Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care Facilities.

Filed on Monday, the legislation provides a narrowly-tailored approach to securing access for patients and clinic staff and maintaining public safety at these facilities in response to the United State Supreme Court decision striking down the Massachusetts buffer zone law.

“The passage of this bill is our opportunity, as a Commonwealth, to demonstrate leadership on this critical issue,” AG Coakley said. “No woman should face intimidation or threats when trying to access reproductive health care services. The Supreme Court should not have the final word. We should have the final word in protecting this access, and I urge the Legislature to pass these common-sense provisions before the end of the session.”

More at this link: http://www.mass.gov/ago/news-and-updates/press-releases/2014/2014-07-16-safe-access-bill.html

Please feel free to add the public comments made by Grossman and Berwick on the Safe Access bill to this thread.

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  1. “I’m deeply disappointed with today’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Massachusetts buffer zone law. Thousands of women use clinics each year across the Commonwealth, and they should have access to health care free from violence, intimidation, and harassment. The Legislature must move quickly to enact new legislation. As governor, I will fully support, advocate, and sign into law new legislation, consistent with the Court’s ruling, that will protect, as strongly as possible, women seeking reproductive health care from violence, intimidation, and harassment.”

  2. Aside from Scott Lively, is there an anti-choice candidate on the ballot this fall? Is there a viable candidate unwilling to stand up for a woman’s rights to choose? The answer is no.

    Martha Coakley ran to Brown’s slight left on abortion and lost. If she tries her rinse and repeat strategy again for the general with Baker, she will also lose. It’s simply not an issue at play in this race.

    I think we can and should target Tisei for his pro-choice convictions, seeing that he will be voting for Speaker Boehner and participating in the most anti-choice House Majority since Roe v Wade was decided.

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