fifty minutes after the polls closed. Legislative record As a representative, Walz was one of the lead sponsors of a 2007 bill creating a buffer zone around Massachusetts abortion clinics. A suit challenging the law was due to be heard in the U.S. Supreme Court in January, 2014. Resignation On January 30, 2013, Walz announced that she would resign from the House of Representatives in mid-February to become the president and chief executive officer of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the president of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts. On June 25, 2013, Beacon Hill attorney Jay Livingstone won a special election to succeed her. Planned Parenthood Walz became the president and chief executive officer of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the president of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts on March 4, 2013. On January 28, 2015, she resigned from these positions. References External links Legislative homepage Committee to Elect Marty Walz 1961 births American women lawyers Colgate University alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Living people Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Massachusetts lawyers New York University School of Law alumni Women state legislators in Massachusetts American women chief executives American nonprofit chief executives 21st-century American women