Four abortion rights measures before committee on Wednesday

By Bobby Williams, 14 February 2023
Protect safe and legal abortions

Four abortion rights-related measures will have hearings before the House Judiciary Committee on starting at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, February 15. These are:

  • CACR 2 (NH’s Reproductive Liberty Amendment): Enshrines reproductive rights into NH’s state constitution.
  • HB 88 (Access to Abortion Care Act): Enshrines abortion rights into state statute.
  • HB 224: Repeals the criminal & civil penalties from the fetal life protection act.
  • HB 271: Repeals the fetal life protection act.

Cheshire 16's Rep. Amanda Toll is prime sponsor NH’s Reproductive Liberty Amendment, CACR2, with multiple other Monadnock-area legislators including Senator Donovan Fenton, and Reps Joe Schapiro, Shaun Filiault, Renee Monteil, and Jonah Wheeler. Additionally, Keene Reps Jodi Newell and Nick Germana will both be presenting testimony.

To support these bills, sign in remotely to the House Judiciary hearings via the General Court's Online Testimony Submission page.

Watch the full testimony of the hearing. Rep. Amanda Toll's bit starts about 12 minutes in.