WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP widely expected to nominate a pro-life judge to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a strong abortion rights voice on the court who died Friday at the age of 87, pro-choice advocates and some Democratic legislators have decided the best way to honor Ginsburg’s memory is to push for the passage of state legislation strengthening abortion access in Massachusetts. […]
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Finding middle ground on abortion
ELECTION DAY 2020 approaches amid pandemic, police brutality, renewed alarm about racism, anxiety about reopening schools and businesses, and social division and political polarization. While public attention is understandably elsewhere, extremist activism around abortion is still part of the public story and threatens at any time to explode. On one side are continuing highly politicized […]
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Abortion access bill draws big crowds to State House
IT’S BEEN HELD up as a bulwark against the conservative forces determined to overturn Roe V. Wade and decried as an opening to legalized “infanticide.” Supporters of the bill say access to abortion in Massachusetts needs to be protected against the whims of the courts, while opponents argue that the health and safety of women […]