“Massachusetts cannot afford to sit on its defenses,” in connection with reproductive health care, said Claire Teylouni, of Reproductive Equity Now. “This is lifesaving care.”

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder highlighted Dewar's work in the attorney general's office, particularly around reproductive rights. She said Dewar wrote briefs opposing Texas's six-week abortion ban and bounty hunter law, and "made critical contributions to dozens of multistate briefs filed in cases across the country regarding abortion access and gender-affirming care."

“Affordable and equitable doula care can be an essential tool to reduce racial health disparities and combat the Black maternal morbidity crisis,” Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now, a Boston nonprofit that advocates for equitable reproductive services, said in a statement

Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now, a Boston nonprofit that advocates for equitable reproductive access, applauded Dewar for her role in authoring briefs against Texas Law SB8, the Texas six-week abortion ban and bounty hunter law.

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder said state supreme courts play a vital role in defending reproductive rights, “and that has never been more true than in a post-Dobbs America.”

Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now, said in a statement that Dewar wrote briefs arguing against Texas’s law banning most abortions after six weeks and contributed to dozens of others surrounding abortion access.

“We know that Bessie will bring her brilliant legal mind to the Supreme Judicial Court to make profound impacts and create a lasting legacy for reproductive freedom in the Commonwealth,” she said.