Rebecca Hart Holder
Rebecca has dedicated her career to ensuring all people have access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care. As President of Reproductive Equity Now, Rebecca and her team have secured critical legislative victories to safeguard and expand reproductive freedom in the Commonwealth, including the Reproductive Health Access Law passed in response the fall of Roe, the ROE Act, the Contraceptive ACCESS Law that expanded birth control coverage in Massachusetts, and the NASTY Woman Act that repealed pre-Roe criminal abortion bans in Massachusetts. Rebecca also served on Governor Healey's 2022 Healthy Communities Transition team. She has been recognized for her work as one of Out Magazine's 2022 Top 100 LGBTQ+ Policy Makers and Advocates Changing the World and by the Boston Business Journal’s 2022 Power 50 Leaders.
Prior to joining Reproductive Equity Now, Rebecca served as Associate Director of Programs for Provide and the Federal Policy Director at the National Abortion Federation. She held legal fellowships with the Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Congress of American Indians. She earned a JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she was the Senior Publishing Editor of the California Law Review and co-chair of Law Students for Reproductive Justice. Prior to attending law school, Rebecca received a Fulbright Fellowship to examine human rights abuses against indigenous women in Guatemala and worked at Human Rights Watch. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a BA in History and Spanish.