RAD - The Radnor Township Board of Commissioners voted on a controversial ordinance Monday that would prevent local police from arresting anyone who has an abortion, provides an abortion, or helps someone get an abortion if Roe V.
Wade is overturned. "It's a time in our nation when it's imperative to do all we can to safeguard the right of people to make their own healthcare decisions without intervention or guilt." Radnor Board of Commissioner Moria Mulroney said.
Advocates on both side of the issue turned out to voice their opinions and concerns about local legislation on the decisive topic. "We’re trying to stand against an amendment which would use terms to paint it as a good thing, but it’s not good for the unborn child, and it doesn't help the mothers caring for them," Chris Massaro said in opposition of the ordinance. MORE ON ROE V.
WADE"Our local legislators seem to be saying that we need to stand up for making independent healthcare decisions and they should be made by patients and that their doctors and their loved ones," Sarah Carrol quipped in support of the legislation.