Reproductive Equity Now
2025 Impact Report
Table of Contents
Our Year At A Glance
250+
Pro Bono Attorneys Trained to Support the Abortion Legal Hotline
20k+
Visits to our
Website Resources
1.9M+
Impressions Across
Social Media Platforms
40
New England Advocates Brought Together for Annual Convening
~1,000
Abortion Access
Advocates Enrolled
30+
Bills Testified on Across our Three States
A Letter From Our
Leadership Team
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As 2025 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on a year defined by both extraordinary challenge and remarkable resolve. Navigating a hostile federal landscape—one determined to roll back basic human rights and strip away access to essential health care—has tested us in ways we could never have imagined. From the rollback of federal EMTALA enforcement to emboldened anti-abortion extremists targeting providers, real people’s lives are being threatened day after day. And we know this is only the beginning.
Yet amid the chaos, one truth has grounded us: this year proved that Reproductive Equity Now is not only prepared to navigate this turbulent landscape, but we are meeting it head-on and growing stronger because of it. We’re fighting for abortion access, but we’re not stopping there. We are protecting the full spectrum of reproductive health care: birth control access, fertility care, maternal and postpartum care, gender-affirming care, and so much more.
So while we see clearly the fight ahead, we are confident and ready. This past year—marked by major legislative wins, strategic convenings, expanded partnerships, and powerful community education—made one thing unmistakably clear: together, we are building the strength, strategy, and solidarity it will take to meet this moment and the ones still to come.
Thank you for being our partners in this fight.
In Gratitude,
- Rebecca Hart Holder, Claire Teylouni & Taylor St. Germain
Strengthening Our Foundation for 2026
This year, we focused on building a stronger, more resilient organizational infrastructure to power our work across New England. We expanded our team with key hires and grew our Board to include leaders whose expertise reflects the needs of our region and the communities we serve. We also launched state-specific Advisory Committees—bringing together clinicians, advocates, policy experts, and community leaders in each state to guide strategy on the ground and ensure our work remains locally informed and responsive heading into 2026.
We also strengthened our internal foundation by reaching a voluntary recognition agreement for our staff union, setting the stage to begin negotiating a fair and equitable collective bargaining agreement grounded in transparency, fairness, and shared values. This commitment to organizational health—through equitable workplace practices, community-rooted leadership, and expanded expertise—positions Reproductive Equity Now to meet the challenges of the year ahead with clarity, strength, and a united team.
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Reproductive Equity Now works to make access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care a reality for all people in New England regardless of their race, ethnicity, income, zip code, gender, age, immigration status, ability, sexual orientation, or religion. Advancing reproductive equity and justice and eliminating barriers to abortion care are central to our mission.
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We envision a world where everyone is able to equitably access the full spectrum of reproductive health care, including abortion, free from stigma, discrimination, and political or policy barriers.
Reproductive Equity Now:
Advocate
Even amidst attacks on our care, Reproductive Equity Now celebrated major legislative wins this year across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and the nation to protect and expand the full spectrum of reproductive health care. Here’s a snapshot of our success:
Massachusetts
We helped pass an updated Shield Law that strengthens protections for patients and providers by protecting providers’ identities, requiring hospital emergency departments to provide abortion care in medical emergencies, and prohibiting state and local authorities from cooperating with hostile investigations into legally-protected reproductive health care services in the state, including abortion.
New Hampshire
We successfully fought for legislation that created clear protections ensuring minors can confidentially consent to and access contraceptive and pregnancy-related care. This law affirms young people’s privacy and autonomy — and protects their fundamental right to obtain essential health care without unnecessary barriers or fear.
Connecticut
We were proud to see “Momnibus 2.0”, a comprehensive maternal mental health package we fought for, signed into law. Addressing the urgent needs of New Hampshire’s maternal health crisis, this legislation marks a major step forward for maternal and reproductive health equity and reflects the tireless work of moms, advocates, and community leaders across the Granite State.
National Impact
We were proud to testify before the United States Congress at a bicameral spotlight hearing examining the rising threats to birth control access. We recognized and celebrated the meaningful protections adopted at the state level—while urging Congress to meet this moment with bold, immediate action to secure contraceptive access for all.
What’s ahead in 2026…
2026 brings both legislative opportunities and challenges—and Reproductive Equity Now is more than ready.
In Massachusetts, we enter the second year of the legislative session focused on advancing our priorities, including passing a comprehensive data privacy bill that protects Bay Staters’ location information—and that of anyone who travels to our commonwealth seeking high-quality, compassionate health care.
In Connecticut, we’ll continue to push for stronger protections for patients and providers by updating the state’s Shield Law to protect telehealth abortion care across state lines.
In New Hampshire, where many lawmakers are already signaling a wave of anti-abortion bills, we’re preparing to stand firmly with Granite Staters to defend abortion access every step of the way.
Read About A Few Of Our Legislative Wins:
Reproductive Equity Now:
Activate
This year, we deepened our role as conveners across New England—bringing together communities, advocates, and partners to take collective action and drive impact.
On The Ground
We brought together repro equity advocates to propel local organizing efforts.
Preconceived Screenings
We hosted another four screenings of Preconceived this year, a documentary about the often deceptive practices of anti-abortion centers. We have now held more than a dozen showings across the region. Better yet, we collaborated with faith organizations, including Temple Israel and the Unitarian Universalist Church in Brewster, to expand engagement with the film.
Held Road to Reproductive Equity: Community Conversations Across the Region
Our team continued to hold community conversations across the region, a series of organizing events aimed at educating New England residents on how to access abortion care and how we can mobilize our communities around repro equity. We’re connecting people with the tools and resources they need to access care, or helped a loved one find that care.
Fostering Community
in Online Spaces
In a digital world, meeting people where they are means showing up online. Virtual platforms allow us to connect on people’s schedules—reaching those who can’t attend in-person events but can engage meaningfully from home. By expanding our online presence, we’re building a community that is flexible, accessible, and truly responsive to people’s lives.
Leveraged Reddit Communities for Advocacy
Tapping Reddit’s active local communities to share updates and mobilize residents has yielded significant success. By engaging with Reddit users in New Hampshire, we generated more than 12,000 signatures in opposition to a proposed 15-week abortion ban—and we won. The ban was withdrawn, and abortion care remained legal in New Hampshire up until 24 weeks.
Advanced Storytelling Through Digital Campaigns
Digital spaces helped us to elevate powerful stories that show the real impact of reproductive health policies. Through the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, we launched a New England–wide effort to collect testimonies of people’s experiences with anti-abortion centers. Shared across social media and email, this campaign continues to gather firsthand accounts that inform our advocacy and educate the public.
Expanded Our Abortion Access Advocates Network
Our monthly Abortion Access Advocates program has grown into a vibrant community of nearly 1,000 engaged supporters across New England. Each month, participants join virtual trainings that deepen understanding and build skills around critical reproductive justice topics—including the intersection of disability justice and reproductive rights, the future of abortion funding in our region, values-based approaches to talking about abortion, and demystifying telehealth abortion care. This growing network is strengthening our collective advocacy power and equipping community members with the tools they need to champion reproductive freedom.
Connection & Collaboration
with Partners
Winning on reproductive freedom takes more than individual effort—it requires an ecosystem of shared strategy, power, and vision. That’s why we prioritize collaboration, leaning on partners’ strengths and expertise to build a unified movement that is ready to meet this moment.
Hosted Our Second New England Convening
This year, we held our second annual New England Repro Convening, bringing together 40 advocates, funds, and providers from all six New England states for two days of learning, strategizing, and power building for reproductive equity.
Partnered With Organizations to Strengthen Our Collective Impact
Partnerships are critical, especially when our communities are under attack. This year, we joined Planned Parenthood of Northern New England to mobilize over 200 providers in New Hampshire against a proposal to strip teens of birth control access. Together, we stopped the measure and protected essential care for young people—proving what’s possible when organizations act in coalition.
Reproductive Equity Now:
Educate
In the post-Roe world, knowledge is power. At Reproductive Equity Now, we help ensure equitable access to the full spectrum of reproductive care for everyone through research, resources, and education.
Contraception Work
Equitable access to contraception is essential, especially in a post-Roe landscape, yet deep disparities persist across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire because many communities still lack the information, resources, and support needed to navigate their options.
The Reproductive Equity Now Foundation conducted a landscape assessment that showed legal protections alone are not enough—true equity requires education, implementation, and awareness at the payor, provider, pharmacist, and patient levels.
Access to Abortion Throughout Pregnancy
New England is often seen as a leader in reproductive health care, yet even in Massachusetts and Connecticut, people are still forced to travel out of state for abortion care because of existing gestational bans that have no basis in science or medicine.
To change this, the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation has launched focus groups and polling to identify the strongest messages to combat stigma and build support for eliminating these arbitrary bans, because at no point in pregnancy is the government more qualified to make health care decisions than a patient and their doctor. Data show that residents in both states overwhelmingly agree.
Health Care Access in Rural Communities
As clinics are forced to close and funding for critical programs, like the New Hampshire Family Planning Program, are cut, access to health care services in northern New Hampshire is shrinking.
We launched a new landing page to spotlight the problem and organize Granite Staters to demand better.
Key Moments from 2025
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Testified Before Congress
We testified before the United States Congress on the urgent threats to birth control access.
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100 Days Rally
We rallied with advocates across Massachusetts against the first 100 days of harm under the Trump administration.
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Politicians Make Brunch 2025
We brought Connecticut legislators and reproductive health advocates together over brunch.
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Connecticut Lobby Day
We hosted a reproductive health lobby day with frontline health care providers in Connecticut.
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Breaking Barriers Gala
We hosted our largest annual gala ever alongside friends, partners, and reproductive freedom champions.
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Momnibus 2.0 Press Conference
We stood with New Hampshire advocates and lawmakers to introduce Momnibus 2.0.
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Turnaway Play
We partnered with the Turnaway Project for a powerful performance on the importance of abortion access throughout pregnancy.
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Pride Celebrations
We celebrated Pride across New England with our LGBTQ+ community.
To everyone who has invested both time and treasure in our work, you are part of the ecosystem that advances reproductive access for everyone in New England and beyond. We are tremendously grateful for your partnership.
On behalf of all of us at Reproductive Equity Now and
the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, thank you!