Showing posts with label Coakley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coakley. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2010

MWPC's Lauren Stiller Rikleen on NECN

Lauren Stiller Rikleen, member of the MWPC Board of Directors joined host Jim Braude on NECN's "Broadside" last night to discuss the US Senate race. In particular, they discussed issues about women's health and its role in the campaign.

Check out the great video below!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

MWPC Press Conference Supporting Coakley on Choice

At a press conference today, Massachusetts’ leading advocacy organizations for women’s reproductive rights denounced Republican Scott Brown’s poor record on a woman’s right to choose. The organizations, including the Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women, criticized Brown’s long record of opposition to policies that promote choice and privacy rights. The organizations highlighted Martha Coakley’s strong support of a woman’s right to choose.



The organizations blasted Scott Brown’s previously proposed legislation that, if it had passed, would have allowed hospital emergency rooms to deny emergency contraception to victims of rape. This callous approach to reproductive rights led the anti-choice Massachusetts Citizens for Life (MCFL) to endorse Scott Brown. MCFL wrote on its blog, “Our PAC has been supporting Scott Brown because he will be a pro-life vote in the Senate.”