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Gov. Chris Sununu is taking some heat from state senator and democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Thomas Sherman after Sununu addressed the issue of abortion on a Virginia-based podcast Wednesday.
Dalia Vidunas of Concord’s Equality Health Center said she had no doubt that the threats to women’s reproductive freedoms in New Hampshire will grow if Republicans retain the majority next year in the New Hampshire House and Senate.
CONCORD – Just two days after a leaked Supreme Court draft decision indicating Roe v. Wade is set to be overturned, reproductive health care was on the top of elected officials’ minds.
CONCORD – A leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade sent shock waves through New Hampshire politics Tuesday.
One bill, CACR 18, is a proposed constitutional amendment to protect reproductive rights, both to terminate and to have a baby, and House Bill 1674 would enshrine abortion rights in state law as other New England states have done.
CONCORD – An effort to repeal the state’s new 24-week fetal protection law came to an emotional head at a legislative hearing, Thursday with personal testimony given by women on both sides of the issue of abortion and from the medical community that it will likely lead to a loss of those providing care in the Granite State if allowed to stand.
Two bills seeking to significantly change access to abortion services drew mostly opposition during public hearings Wednesday.
CONCORD – On Thursday, Senate Republicans voted to repeal the state’s new law mandating ultrasounds for abortion but preserved the remaining provisions of a new state law that bans abortion after 24 weeks gestation without exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal fetal diagnoses.
The phrase intends to heighten the sense of foreboding for future action if one little step is made. The 2022 session of the legislature will have many examples of paths leading down that slippery slope.