CAMPAIGN 2018: Brown assails Raimondo on ‘pro-life’ health plans
Hoping to unseat Raimondo in the September Democratic primary, Brown released a letter endorsing him and criticizing Raimondo that was signed by more than 40 reproductive health-care advocates including Steinem;
"Alarmingly,
Why endorse a man over
"Feminism is not about electing one woman, but making life more fair for all women, so it's important to say that the restrictions she signed deny reproductive choice to thousands of women in
The letter does not mean Brown has captured all of
In a photo posted on Twitter Wednesday afternoon, Raimondo held up a book titled "Men Explain Things to Me." Later in the evening, a statement from the governor said Brown's suggestion that she "has been anything other than a champion for women's health care is laughable."
Brown was one of five gubernatorial candidates who participated Wednesday night in a forum organized by the
Democrat
Moakley's first question centered on reproductive rights. With the exception of Feroce, all the candidates said they support a woman's right to make her own reproductive health-care decisions without government interference.
Roselli said the Reproductive Health Care Act legislation now stalled in the
The core of Brown's attack on the governor stems from the fight over offering health insurance plans that don't cover abortions on HealthSource RI, the state's public health insurance exchange.
In 2015, facing a lawsuit from a
When the state later required each insurer to offer limited abortion plans at the "bronze," "silver" and "gold" levels, the lawsuit, backed by a Christian legal group, was dismissed.
Later, this arrangement was enshrined in the state budget, including language that allowed employers to offer health insurance plans to workers that didn't cover abortion. It was hailed by pro-life groups. Brown said
"HealthSource RI offers 18 plans in the individual market, 12 of which cover abortion services and six of which do not except in very limited circumstances," wrote HealthSource spokeswoman
Campaign spokesman
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