As Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy became known for her relentless undertaking of former President Donald Trump on the national stage, her successors in widespread races, especially the Commonwealth, were evacuated. An important safe haven for service.
Massachusetts voters have yet to decide on the best alternative to Democratic candidate Healy, so the three Democratic lawyers have captured the moment of turmoil in the country and have a strong abortion right. We need to open up the points of differentiation and legal ingenuity as a guardian. Erin O’Brien, an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston, said.
“What the Supreme Court has done to Roe is that AG’s position and others have opened locks to influence national policy through the state,” O’Brien said. “Maura Healy needs to ease the position of activist AG nationwide and one of these three needs to show this … how are you going to fight to expand the right to abortion nationwide? “
In a separate interview with MassLive, all candidates (Quentin Palfrey, Shannon Lis Riodan, Andrea Campbell) have cracked down on a crisis pregnancy center and live in a state where certain assisted reproductive technology services are currently banned. We promised to pave the way for new access to abortion for the people.
Here are some potential ways candidates can choose to exercise power during the conflicting state law-filled post-low era.
Quentin Palfrey speaks with a delegation at the 2018 Democratic National Convention. (File / State Capitol News Service)
Attorney and vice-governor former Democratic candidate Parfrey is scared of bounty-style legislation in Texas and elsewhere that seeks to undermine Massachusetts law’s right to abortion. Said.
“We need to create a safe harbor for people fleeing persecution from outside the state,” Palfrey said. “I think this will be a really daunting development. It will bring a bunch of interstate highway problems that we have to navigate. Unfortunately, as we navigate through that set of challenges. There will be an increasingly hostile set of federal courts. We will face a hostile and deliberately hijacked federal court system. “
Palfrey praised the bill passed by the House of Representatives to strengthen the protection of abortion providers in a campaign policy memo shared with MassLive. Massachusetts must be prepared to thwart “attempts by other states to legally harass providers or criminalize this essential care,” the memo said.
Palfrey also supports Beacon Hill in pursuit of constitutional amendments that protect right to privacy, including access to abortion. Senator Eric Lesser, a candidate for vice-governor, proposed a legal operation on the day Law fell, but Governor Charlie Baker later signaled that the idea was not necessary.
Palfrey emphasized that current privacy protections are inadequate as menstrual trackers and fertility apps face increasing security threats.
“I think Massachusetts in particular could further enhance data privacy to enhance consumer protection,” warned bounty hunters and third parties that they were successful in stealing information from digital apps. Palfrey said. “This data may be used in alarming ways.”
In another potential policy, Parfrey wants to investigate deceptive practices at crisis pregnancy centers. Watch the Massachusetts Parliament pass the Health Youth Act to strengthen sex education and reduce barriers to access to abortion care.
“We need to pay particular attention to efforts to ensure access to abortion care for low-income communities, color communities, people traveling to Massachusetts for abortion care, and students on college campuses. “Palfrey’s policy memo states. “We also need to pay close attention to regional equity and ensure that all regions of the state, from Berkshire to Cape and Islands, have access to abortion care within reasonable travel distances.”
Shannon Lis Riodan, a candidate for Massachusetts Attorney General, sees George E. Noel, Business Manager for Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 6, about the nasty Roderick L. Ireland Court in Springfield. He says he is. (Huang’Leon’Nguyen / Republican Party)
Labor lawyer Lis Riordan said he has been working on a “bad” Supreme Court ruling for the past two decades.
The overthrow of the Roe v. Wade case will unleash “a novel and complex legal issue never seen before,” Lis Riordan told Mass Live. But she is confident that Massachusetts can withstand the state’s challenge to intervene in the provision of protected medical services here.
“Massachusetts has a long and proud history of being prominently ahead of the curve and taking its own path when the Supreme Court ruled rigorously to limit our rights,” said Lisriodan. I did. “Since Rho’s fall, I’ve talked to so many people. Some of them are very worried about abortion providers. They’re worried about their patients and in other states. Worried about colleagues, worried about performance. Abortion against people traveling to Massachusetts from other states. There are legal means to challenge what these other states are trying to do. “
If elected Attorney General, Liss-Riordan is a company that cannot afford travel expenses or provide other assistance to employees receiving reproductive health care in another state where abortion is prohibited. Said that the office is not supposed to contract. She said the same approach could apply to other state government ministries.
Liss-Riordan urged Beacon Hill lawmakers to improve access to youth abortion care and called on public universities to provide drug abortions at on-campus health centers. Liss-Riordan also lamented that she outnumbered the number of legal abortion donors in Massachusetts 3: 1 and she “tracked” the crisis pregnancy center, she said.
“They claim to provide support and care to women who are facing pregnancy and don’t know what to do, but in reality anti-abortion enthusiasts are in front of imposing their views. “Masu,” said Lisriodan. “I think these centers engaged in deceptive practices should be closed.”
At a historic milestone, Justice Secretary Andrea Campbell submitted over 10,000 signatures to qualify for access to ballots, the first black to reach the signature threshold for state-wide offices. I became a woman.Allison Kuznitz / MassLive
Former Boston City Council member and mayor candidate Andrea Campbell also believes that Massachusetts can play a leading role in protecting assisted reproductive technology and gender-affirming health care.
But within state boundaries, policymakers are powerful reproductive healthcare professionals to deal with the abortion care desert, including western Massachusetts, and to handle the influx of people coming here for treatment options. Campbell told MassLive that he needed to secure a pipeline.
“If there are gaps and deserts, it absolutely means pulling in and uplifting the gaps that exist in mental and maternal health, and drawing in more colored and poor rural communities in this conversation,” Campbell said. Said. “And that’s the direction I want to go to AG’s office. By doing so, more people will participate in these important conversations and everyone will have access to assisted reproductive technology and accessible and affordable medical services. You will be able to do it. “
As Campbell sees, Rho’s overthrow and issues related to that decision, including racial justice, civil rights, and financial turmoil, ensure that a special reproductive justice unit is established in the general bureau of lawyers. increase. By joining different AG divisions together, Massachusetts will be able to act “on the fly” while leveraging pooled resources and legal tools, Campbell said.
In another bid for fairness, Campbell wants to partner with community organizations in poorly serviced communities and nearby health centers. Campbell advocates expanding the coverage of telemedicine services and insurance, in addition to more affordable child care.
Following the New York model, Campbell is also interested in creating an abortion hotline.
“I think that’s what we can do here, so for actual reproductive services or if you need training from your provider,” Campbell said. “Or a question that knows your rights — a variety of its nature. I think it’s really important to have a one-stop shop where people can participate, and I think it’s an opportunity for the AG office as well.”
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