Dear Editor:

We strongly support the endorsement for reelection that State Sen. Chris Johnson (D-District 20) received recently from Planned Parenthood's Maine Action Fund PAC for his strong stand on women's health and reproductive rights issues.

Johnson, husband, father of two daughters, and grandfather to two granddaughters (soon to be three), is acutely aware of the threat nationally from some politicians to take away the right of women to make their own medical decisions about birth control and pregnancy.

In announcing his endorsement and the endorsement of like minded candidates, Nicole Clegg, chair of the Maine PAC, noted that women’s health and reproductive rights are under attack around the nation. She said, “We will not let extreme politicians roll back rights that generations of women have fought for, and it is our mission to elect candidates who will stand with us."

We, as grandmothers, agree. We know first-hand how important these issues are, having lived through the days of lack of access to contraception and back alley abortions, and we urge voters to remember this when casting their votes in the upcoming elections.

Wendy Ross Eichler

Wiscasset

MaryRae Means

Bristol