FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Shawnna
Bolick Responds to Sterilization Dispute, Challenges
Meyer On Voting to Deny Life-Saving Treatments
for Terminally Ill Patients
Phoenix,
AZ- September 17, 2014- In classic guilt-by-association fashion, Rep. Eric Meyer
(D-LD28) called on Republican nominee, Shawnna Bolick, to disavow former Sen.
Russell Pearce’s controversial comments relating to sterilization of welfare
recipients.
"Of
course I disavow the comments. The idea is barbaric," said Bolick, an education
advocate and mother of two school-aged children who won the Republican
nomination to unseat Meyer. "Eric is the big government advocate, not
me."
"The
real issue in this race is Eric Meyer’s obstructionist actions," Bolick
continued, "For example, Eric Meyer needs to explain why he voted against
sending the Right to Try referendum to Arizona voters."
Right
to Try will appear on the November ballot as Prop. 303. It will allow
terminally ill patients the right to access potentially life-saving drugs that
have passed the safety phase of the FDA approval process.
Right
to Try was unanimously enacted this year in Missouri, Colorado and Louisiana,
and signed into law by two Democratic governors and one Republican. It also
passed in Arizona. Eric Meyer voted no! Why would Eric Meyer block anyone from
receiving potentially life-saving treatment?
Meyer
is the only physician-legislator in the entire country so far to oppose Right to
Try.
Bolick
strongly supports Right to Try. "Meyer would not even give Arizonans the
opportunity to vote for life-saving medication," Bolick said. "Every terminally
ill person should have the right to try to save or extend their
lives."
ABOUT
SHAWNNA:
Shawnna
Bolick has lived in Legislative District 28 for 13 years. Shawnna and her
husband, Clint, have two children, Ryne (12) and Kali (9), plus their six year
old rescued greyhound, Beary Goldwater.
She
is endorsed by Senator Jon Kyl, former Congressmen John Shadegg, Congressman
David Schweikert, State Senator Adam Driggs, Maricopa County Attorney Bill
Montgomery, Maricopa County Supervisor Andy Kunasek, Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane,
Phoenix Council members Jim Waring, Bill Gates and Sal DiCiccio.
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Shawnna L.M.
Bolick can be reached via email at info@bolickforarizona.com, or via cell
at 602-842-1912. For more information about her campaign please visit www.BolickforArizona.com
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