You’re Invited! Cornerstone Celebrates 25 Years
Please join us this fall for our 25th Anniversary Gala in Concord! Celebrate 25 years of advocating for faith, family and freedom in the Granite State. Get your tickets here.
️ When: Tuesday, October 28, 2025. 6:00pm
Where: Grappone Center, 70 Constitution Ave, Concord, NH 03301.
Right to Try Advances to Governor’s Desk
Update: Earlier this week, HB 701 was enrolled, meaning that the final version of the legislation has reached Gov. Ayotte’s desk, and she will likely take action on the bill within the next few weeks.
Last month, the House and Senate voted to adopt the committee of conference version of HB 701, a right-to-try expansion that will make New Hampshire one of the best states in the country for providing access to next-generation treatments for terminally ill patients.
Although the federal government and most states have “right-to-try” laws, these statutes have such weak protections that virtually no patient has ever been able to use them.
Thanks to HB 701, or the The John Lewicke and Michael Yakubovich Right to Try Act, New Hampshire will now lead the way with several vital and cutting-edge improvements to our existing law. These include a critical limitation on civil liability, approval for remote prescreening and signing of consent forms, and the right of a provider or patient to seek injunctive relief against a state regulatory or law enforcement authority that is obstructing their treatment.
Rep. Lisa Mazur’s right-to-try expansion will empower the Granite State to become a national leader in biotechnology. To learn more, see our full page of resources on the bill here.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Please thank the House champions Reps. Lisa Mazur, Erica Layon, and Steven Kesselring for their tireless work to advance this legislation to the Governor’s desk.
We thank our patient advocates, especially Bess Stillman, Yiwei She, and Hannah Corman for their vital testimony and for being champions of life.
We would also like to thank former Representatives John Lewicke and Michael Yakubovich, for whom the legislation is named, for their dedication to advancing this legislation.
Supreme Court Spot Opening Soon: Contact Governor Ayotte and Your Executive Councilor Today
On August 31, 2025, New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice James P. Bassett will retire, opening his seat, one of only five on the court. Whoever is named to his seat will help shape the direction of all NH law for decades to come, significantly impacting critical issues such as life and religious and civil liberties.
While Justice Bassett’s upcoming retirement results in a more immediate opening, Justice Anna Hantz Marconi has a mandatory retirement date of February 12, 2026, which will leave another vital seat open within another six months.
These openings are our last chance to form an originalist court for the next decade, one that would faithfully follow the meaning and intent of our state constitution as the writers intended. New Hampshire does not need an ideologically-driven activist Supreme Court. In our state and nationally, we have all witnessed the damage that can be caused by a politically motivated judiciary.
Cornerstone is part of a coalition of conservative groups working to vet judicial candidates.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
We urge you to contact Governor Kelly Ayotte and your Executive Councilor and ask them to make sure Justice Bassett’s replacement is someone who supports our constitution and fights for its protections of life and liberty. Urge them to oppose any stealth candidate with no public paper trail of their views on these critical issues.
⚖️ You can find your Executive Councilor here. Simply go to the councilor’s profile page and click on the contact button under their photo to view the list of towns they represent. Alternately you can look at the district map to identify your town’s district.
You can contact Governor Ayotte by emailing her at GovernorAyotte@governor.nh.gov, or calling (603) 271-2121.