MANCHESTER, NH — On the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington released the following statement:

“The Dobbs decision opened up the floodgates for extremists to erode a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions. In the years since, Republican politicians across the country have made it their mission to restrict this basic, fundamental freedom and insert themselves into medical choices that belong to women and their health care providers. With Donald Trump back in the White House, Granite Staters need a governor who isn’t afraid to stand up and protect access to affordable, safe, and legal health care. Kelly Ayotte has shown us all that she won’t be that governor. This fall, Granite Staters will elect a governor who relentlessly fights for their reproductive rights and never backs down when those rights come under attack.” 

As the only Democrat on the Executive Council and highest-ranking Democrat in state government, Cinde was a fierce advocate for Granite Staters’ reproductive rights. She stood up against Governor Sununu’s abortion ban, urged the governor to issue an executive order protecting health care providers from prosecution if they performed an abortion on an out-of-state resident after Roe v. Wade was overturned, and demanded the Attorney General take specific actions to protect access to mifepristone. 

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mifepristone can continue to be available by mail. Under Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire was the lone New England state that refused to join any of the amicus briefs protecting access to this safe and widely-used medication.