EdgeBoston.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Bay Windows
The main argument advanced by the Coalition for Marriage and Family against House Bill 1722 is that it would put the safety of women and children at risk by allowing access to women’s bathrooms and locker rooms by assailants claiming to be transgender. But two state organizations that are on the front lines of protecting women’s safety, the domestic violence and sexual assault coalition Jane Doe, Inc., and the Massachusetts chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), argue that such claims are simply fear-mongering. The two organizations released the following statement to lawmakers to try to put to rest any question that the transgender rights bill would threaten women and children: