City Council go on record supporting the Roe Act and restate its commitment to the protection of abortion rights, reproductive health care rights, and individuals’ rights to make reproductive decisions about their own bodies

How it started

Oct 5, 2020 · Proposed by Mayor Siddiqui, Vice Mayor Mallon, and Councillors Nolan and Sobrinho-Wheeler: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

Oct 5, 2020 · ✅ Adopted: the Council approved it (Order adopted, unanimous · one absent)

Voted yes (8), unanimous

Dennis Carlone
Patty Nolan
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Quinton Zondervan

Absent (1)

Timothy J. Toomey

Roll call of Oct 5, 2020 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

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