We are disappointed, but not surprised. MA medical freedom bills S1122 & H4151 were “sent to study” which means they are dead. That’s it. Our legislators did not do the right thing once again. (We really need to stop electing them!)
To be honest, we knew when we started out this would be the most likely outcome but we also knew “you will fail at 100% of the things you do not try." And if we had to do it again we would because despite them killing the bills we still accomplished a lot in the past year. We put the pressure on them big time!
With our action item, we send over 60,000 letters in support of S1122 and that is not counting all the personal emails sent and phone calls made so that number is actually much higher. The legislators know the will of the people and they are choosing not to listen.
The bills gave us an opportunity to meet with and educate many of the legislators so they can’t say they didn’t know the facts and dangers of their policies. And we can use the fact they did not vote to protect our rights and ignored the will of the people come election time.
In just one year we grew from a committee of 6 people to a list of over 13,000 Massachusetts residents like you that care about their right to make decisions about their own bodies. Now we can get the word out quickly to many people when there are important events happening. Big rally coming up? We can send out an email to our whole list, or if there is, for example, a Board of Health meeting in Salem we can send out an email to just folks in Salem and surrounding towns.
We truly appreciate you all for sending letters, making phones, signing petitions, and showing up to rallies!!! I know it's disappointing but we are not giving up. The best way out of this is to vote these people out! Please consider running for office, any office, from school board to state representative to senator. You do not need any special qualification to run, but a passion for protecting the people of Massachusetts and integrity. If you are considering running please reach out. We can connect you with people and training resources to help you.
With gratitude,
The Health Rights MA leadership team
