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Governor signs bill to remove offensive language from state law
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Governor signs bill to remove offensive language from state law
Senator Patricia Jehlen joined advocates for Governor Maura Healey’s signing of a bill that the Massachusetts legislature passed earlier this year to bring Massachusetts laws into the 21st century by removing offensive language from state statute. An Act amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilities, strikes the ‘r-word,’ a derogatory slur for people with mental disabilities, out of state law. The bill uses terminology like ‘pe…
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