Gender Equity
Massachusetts must do more to ensure healthcare access & gender equity
Although the legislature passed a watered down version of the ROE Act in 2020, there is still much work to do and we've identified a few key bills that are important for our legislature to pass.
Massachusetts has failed to enshrine basic equity into our laws
Abortion Access
There are still serious gaps in abortion access even in Massachusetts. We should be leading the country on this issue given threats at the Federal level
Childcare equity
Massachusetts doesn't allow parents running for office to pay for childcare expenses with campaign funds, shutting out many parents especially mothers from running for office.
Buying Silence
It's still all too common for companies to use non-disclosure agreements to force survivors of sexual violence into silence. We must end this practice
bills to support Gender & Reproductive Justice
Campaign Childcare
Allows candidates for office to pay for necessary child care expenses from campaign funds
Catches MA up to states like Texas, Alabama, and Wisconsin
End NDAs
Prevents NDAs from being used to silence victims of sexual harassment
Allows for shielding the complainant’s identity & private information, but only at the request of the complainant.
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References:
- 1. Ebbert, Stephanie, “In Massachusetts, no one wants to talk about sex ed” Boston Globe, May 08, 2018
- 2. National Center for Victims of Crime “Child Sexual Abuse Statistics”
- 3. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sex Offenses and Offenders (1997)
- 4. Friedman, Jaclyn, “Do You Know What Your Kids Are Learning In Sex Ed?” WBUR, August 03, 2018
- 5. Kaiser, Johanna, “Poll: Likely Massachusetts Voters Strongly Support School-Based Sex Education” Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts, July 16, 2018