Alice Peisch is the State Representative for the 14th Norfolk District, which currently includes the towns of Wellesley, Weston, and Precinct 4 of Wayland. Prior to her service in the legislature, Representative Peisch was active in Wellesley’s municipal government where she a member of the town’s Advisory (Finance) Committee and the School Committee, and was elected Town Clerk from 2000-2003.
This legislation creates a special legislative commission to make recommendations that reduce or remove the kind of racial inequities that result in women of color dying of pregnancy-related causes at more than twice the rate of white women. The commission will gather information and raise awareness of this systemic societal problem, in addition to reporting on barriers to equitable maternal care and best practices for remedying inequities. This bill was passed unanimously by the House and was sent to the Senate for further action.