Governor Raimondo signs Rhode Island abortion rights bill

[George II]

Source: Boston Globe

PROVIDENCE -- In a matter of hours on Wednesday, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed legislation and the governor signed into law the abortion rights protections that advocates have sought for decades.

The action began with the state Senate voting 21-17 for the bill, which aims to protect abortion rights in Rhode Island in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. The House, which had approved a previous version of the bill in March, promptly voted 45 to 29 for the Reproductive Privacy Act.

And at 9 p.m., with legislators and advocates arrayed behind her in her State House office, Democratic Governor Gina M. Raimondo signed the bill into law.

“In Washington and, frankly, throughout the country and many other states, there is a great deal of anxiety about women’s right to health care,” the governor said. “This bill that I’m about to sign codifies Roe v. Wade. It preserves the status quo that has existed here in this state for 50 years. As such, it’s a very important bill.”

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/rhode-island/2019/06/19/governor-raimondo-signs-rhode-island-abortion-rights-bill/Ipl9e1MjmSHIdfzkMDXWVL/story.html?et_rid=1942528831&s_campaign=todayinpolitics:newsletter

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[murielm99]

1. Thanks for posting this.

Our new Governor in Illinois has signed on to keeping abortion rights and women's health care intact in my state. I am glad he is not the only one.

[onetexan]

2. BRAVO!!

Kudos to RI assembly & Gov. Raimondo

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Good on them.

When the RepubliCON Supremes vote down Roe V. Wade, will RepubliCONS then have to prosecute those states?

[pazzyanne]

4. Hope more states will follow Rhode Island's example.

If some states are signing away people's rights, only the state and the Supreme Court can protect their citizens. Separation of Church and State NOW!