“Given the very aggressive attacks on reproductive rights and reproductive health care across the country, I think it was really important for us to pass this legislation to protect providers and patients,” House Speaker Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, told VTDigger after the vote.
Vermont health workers who provide reproductive and gender-affirming care to patients would be shielded from legal threats that originate in other states under a bill.
At issue is about $71 million in one-time housing money and $9.2 million earmarked for organic dairy farmers, neither of which were included in Gov. Phil Scott’s proposal.
Rep. Anne Donahue, R-Northfield, was a vocal opponent of Vermont’s reproductive rights amendment. She believes her advocacy work led to her removal from the House Health Care Committee.
MONTPELIER The Vermont Statehouse was teeming with excitement Wednesday morning as the Legislature gaveled in for its first fully in-person session since the coronavirus pandemic forced lawmakers to go remote nearly three years ago.Adding energy to.