“While many of our legislative leaders support codifying Roe v. Wade, their fear of the Speaker prevents them from truly advocating or expending political capital on making progress. This is in spite of the fact that the Reproductive Health Care Act (H7340/S2163) very possibly has the votes to advance to the Governor. Until this Speaker starts listening to the 63 percent of Rhode Islanders that support safe and legal abortion, he will continue to be the primary obstacle to reproductive freedom in our state,” Jocelyn Foye said.
“He wants to focus on the numbers so we are asking him to show up and not contradict himself,” said Foye, referring to a recent article on building a new baseball stadium in which Mattiello said, “If you ask the question that simply and … you get 60 to 65 percent that say they do, that would change my thinking on the issue.”
