To the editor:
Among the many issues facing our New Hampshire legislature, providing health care and maintaining the quality of our environment are two of the most important. Maintaining access for women’s health care and continuing to provide Medicaid for low-income residents are both essential to our community’s well-being, as is developing and improving access to prevention and rehabilitation for those addicted to opioid drugs. Republican opposition to Planned Parenthood, past (and possible future) opposition to Medicaid expansion, and foot dragging with response to the opioid epidemic serve to disenfranchise our citizens who have a right to and need for these services.
Likewise, Republican rejection of funds for rail infrastructure is shortsighted. Rail services would decrease use of fossil fuels, reduce highway congestion in the southern corridor and increase employment opportunities in the Granite State.
Local Democratic candidates, including Marjorie Porter, Gilman Shattuck, Richard McNamara, and Bianca Acebron Peco, support these measures and that is why I support them.
Emily Wrubel
Hillsborough