The Judiciary Committee, which has played a pivotal role in past legislation on abortion and guns, will hear testimony on the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act today.
The Womxn Project's Executive Director Jocelyn Foye and Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee criticized the federal court ruling in Texas that bans the abortion medication Mifepristone.
This past January, the Equality for Abortion Coverage Act (EACA) was presented in the Rhode Island assembly by Representative Katherine Kazarian alongside 42 additional co-sponsors for its fourth time. The EACA will ensure that individuals covered by Medicaid and state health insurance plans will have coverage for abortion procedures. This article examines why RI is in its fourth year trying to pass the EACA, and how it is representative of Democratic legislators’ complacency that cannot be accepted during a time when women’s rights is at a vulnerable crux.
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Reproductive rights volunteers and allies from The Womxn Project urged the members of the Rhode Island General Assembly to take quick action and pass the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act (EACA) yesterday as the House and Senate began their 2023 legislative session.