"40 percent of eligible MA voters cast mail-in ballots in the 2020 general election," Rausch said in a tweet Tuesday. "Bay Staters want comprehensive election reform. With the MAIL-in Voting Act, I am more committed than ever to advancing equitable access to the ballot box."

Senator Rausch joins the Needham Channel to discuss the recent passage of her racial disparities in maternal health bill.

Lead sponsor Sen. Becca Rausch, a Needham Democrat, said black people giving birth in Massachusetts are twice as likely as white people to die due to complications during and after childbirth. “We cannot allow that to stand, nor can we tackle a problem without understanding the full extent of its impact,” Rausch said in a statement.

As COVID cases in the Attleboro area continue to rise, Senator Rausch and other area officials continue to advocate for the opening of a Stop the Spread testing site in the city.

With no conversation at the state level about adding a Stop the Spread testing site in Attleboro, Senator Rausch issues a statement highlighting the need to open a site in the area.

"No youth survivor of incest should have to ask their rapist for consent to an abortion," state Sen. Becca Rausch, D-Needham, said in a statement. "No young person should be forced to explain to a judge why they aren’t ready to be a parent. No one should be forced to leave the commonwealth in order to access the health care they need, especially during a deadly pandemic of epic proportions. By rejecting the Legislature’s work to remedy these wrongs -- wrongs imposed by state law on pregnant people throughout Massachusetts -- Gov. Baker clearly states that these circumstances are not only acceptable, but appropriate," Rausch continued. "The governor’s actions demonstrate blatant disregard for the health, safety and well-being of pregnant people all across this commonwealth, particularly pregnant people of color."

“Already, 11 days into December, we’ve blown the spring numbers out of the water,” Rausch said Friday. “The additional so-called measures that the governor announced earlier this week are insufficient and inadequate.”

Senator Rausch, along with other attleboro area leaders, express dismay and disapointment at Baker's decision to not open a Stop the Spread COVID testing site in Attleboro.

Only two US states have legal protections barring workplace discrimination based on weight. Massachusetts could become the third with a new bill that outlaws body size discrimination, and Senator Rausch is the Senate sponsor of this bill.

“Current statutory law in Massachusetts governing abortion is archaic, medically inaccurate, politically charged and designed to discourage and shame pregnant people seeking abortion care,” Rausch said.