Letter: Vote Talbot – A Senate candidate for personal freedom

Dear Editor, One of the most pressing challenges facing the North Country today is the lack of access to reproductive health care and family planning services. For four years, politicians in Concord have either ignored this crisis or made it worse – and it’s past time that we have someone in the State Senate who will fight for reproductive freedom. That’s why we're voting for Rusty Talbot in November.

In a quote from his website Rusty says, “I believe deeply in personal freedom and bodily autonomy, and I will consistently vote to protect reproductive rights. We must codify women’s rights to [reproductive healthcare] and address aspects of the current law that undermine healthcare and discourage high-quality physicians from practicing in New Hampshire.”

When it comes to reproductive healthcare, Rusty recognizes it’s those of us living in the North Country who suffer the most at the hands of anti-choice state legislators. Republican politicians have sought to turn the Granite State into a desert for reproductive health specialists, which places families in need of the various other vital services these centers offer in jeopardy. New Hampshire is in dire need of expanding access to reproductive healthcare, but Republicans have made it their mission to strip away this human right. Just last year, State Rep. David Rochefort, who is also running for the State Senate in 2024, voted for a 6 week abortion ban and voted against adding common sense, legal protections for abortion in our state law. These policies don’t make sense for the North Country, and they don’t make sense in the ‘Live Free or Die’ state.

The North Country deserves a State Senator that cherishes personal freedoms as much as we do, and that Senator will be Rusty Talbot.

Jill Brewer

Franconia