RI Political Diary: Foulkes Calls on McKee to Eliminate Ban on Abortion Coverage
Thursday, May 12, 2022
RI's Political Diary, exclusively from GoLocal, gives you up-to-date insights into the 2022 election.
Foulkes Calls on McKee to Eliminate Ban on Abortion Coverage
"Abortion is healthcare and must be accessible for all, regardless of how much money you make or how you get health insurance," said Helena Buonanno Foulkes. "While Governor McKee failed to lead in support of the Reproductive Privacy Act in 2019, he can still do the right thing today. Governor McKee: please amend your budget to eliminate the ban on abortion coverage that impacts nearly one in three Rhode Island women."
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTWhile the Reproductive Privacy Act codified Roe v. Wade in Rhode Island, state law currently bans abortion coverage for Rhode Islanders on the state’s Medicaid plan and state employee health insurance, preventing 330,000 Rhode Islanders from using their health insurance to cover abortion.
New Campaign Headquarters
Providence Mayoral Gonzalo Cuervo will open a second campaign headquarters on the South Side of Providence at 1248 Broad Street, located at the corner of Broad and Baker Street.
The official kick-off takes place on Saturday.
Gonzalo raised his family in Washington Park and has owned a home just a few blocks from the HQ location for more than two decades.
GOP Campaign Kick-Off
Republican candidate for RI General Treasurer James Lathrop kicks off his campaign on May 24 in Narragansett at Sunset Farm.
A CPA, Lathrop’s campaign dubs the candidate a “professional, not a politician.”
