AT THE BALLOT BOX.
BARRY:
SHOULD TAXPAYER DOLLARS BE USED
TO FUND ABORTIONS IN
MASSACHUSETTS?
22NEWS STATE HOUSE REPORTER
ELISHA MACHADO EXPLAINS WHY YOU
COULD GET
TO DECIDE AT THE BALLOT BOX.
ELISHA MACHADO:
PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES ARE LEADING A
2020- BALLOT CAMPAIGN TO VOTE ON
A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO END
TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTIONS.
THE INITIATIVE PETITION CALLS
FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
THAT
STATES "NOTHING IN THIS
CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THE PUBLIC
FUNDING OF
ABORTION."
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CERTIFIED
THE PETITION WEDNESDAY, MOVING
IT ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE 2020
BALLOT.
CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS SAID THEY
WANT TO HELP WOMEN CHOSE LIFE
INSTEAD OF ABORTION.
BRIDGET FAY, SPOKESWOMEN,
MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE TO STOP
PUBLIC FUNDING OF ABORTION:
"IF YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT,
YOU CAN
CERTAINLY DONATE TO GROUPS LIKE
PLANNED PARENTHOOD WHO WOULD
THEN PASS THAT MONEY
ONTO DEFER THE COST OF ABORTION
FOR WOMEN WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT.
WHAT WE'RE JUST ASKING IS
THAT YOU NOT FORCE TAXPAYERS WHO
DISAGREE WITH ABORTION TO FUND
THIS."
PRO-CHOICE ADVOCATES OPPOSE THE
PETITION THAT THEY SAY COULD
JEOPARDIZE WOMEN'S HEALTH.
ELISHA MACHADO:
THE CAMPAIGN WILL NEED TO GATHER
NEARLY 65-THOUSAND SIGNATURES
BEFORE
THE PROPOSAL CAN MAKE IT ONTO
THE 2020 BALLOT. AT THE STATE
