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In Midst of Uncertain National Abortion Landscape, AG Tong and the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation Launch New Connecticut  Abortion Legal Hotline 
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In Midst of Uncertain National Abortion Landscape, AG Tong and the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation Launch New Connecticut  Abortion Legal Hotline 

After Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s 2024 Presidential Election, posing uncertainty for the national abortion access landscape, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, and representatives from top law firms across Connecticut today announced the launch of the Connecticut Abortion Legal Hotline. The Hotline, operated and managed by the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, connects Connecticut-based health care providers and helpers, as well as patients obtaining abortion care in Connecticut, with free and confidential legal advice and resources about their rights to access and provide lawful abortions. In 2024, Connecticut saw a 150% increase in patients traveling in from out-of-state seeking abortion care, according to Planned Parenthood Southern New England.

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News 12 Connecticut | ‘I’m scared.’ New hotline offers free legal advice to Connecticut reproductive clinics
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News 12 Connecticut | ‘I’m scared.’ New hotline offers free legal advice to Connecticut reproductive clinics

"This free and confidential legal resource will be able to help connect providers and patients seeking or offering care with attorneys in Connecticut for pro bono legal assistance," said Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now. "Patients and providers can call our hotline at 833 309- 6301, or they can fill out a secure form at our website, which is reproequitynow.org/hotline."

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Boston Globe | Why Harris’s loss is mainly on Biden and other election takeaways from Globe Opinion
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Boston Globe | Why Harris’s loss is mainly on Biden and other election takeaways from Globe Opinion

Abortion rights “won the popular vote in ballot initiatives across the country,” Rebecca Hart Holder, executive director of Reproductive Equity Now, said via text when I asked for her reaction to the election results. “It’s clear,” she said, “that women are angry and are demanding bodily autonomy to make the decisions that are right for their families.” The path forward, she said, is “to invest in state governments and state-based solutions … to pass bold policies that ensure people from near and far can access the care they want and need.”

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Reproductive Equity Now Statement on Results of 2024 Presidential Election
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Reproductive Equity Now Statement on Results of 2024 Presidential Election

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement in response to the results of the 2024 presidential election.

“Donald Trump’s Supreme Court ushered in abortion bans in 22 states across our country, leaving millions of people without access to basic health care. He has said that women should be punished for obtaining an abortion, and he and his cronies have threatened to put doctors in jail for offering life-saving, life-affirming health care. Donald Trump’s abortion bans have killed pregnant people. And today, Donald Trump has been emboldened once again to wreak havoc on abortion rights, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and human rights with a second term in the Oval Office….

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Bay State Banner | Ahead of election, racial equity, Supreme Court, abortion access are priorities for Banner readers
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Bay State Banner | Ahead of election, racial equity, Supreme Court, abortion access are priorities for Banner readers

“This November’s election is going to determine the future of reproductive freedom and abortion access in our country,” said Rebecca Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now, an organization working to increase equitable access to reproductive health care.

A Trump presidency, Holder worries, could mean a nationwide abortion ban. Though Trump has been less vocal about federal-level regulations on the topic in this campaign compared to his previous bids for the White House, in his last presidency he took steps to limit abortion access.

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Reproductive Equity Now Sets the Record Straight on Candidates’ Repro Leadership in Plymouth & Barnstable Senate Race
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Reproductive Equity Now Sets the Record Straight on Candidates’ Repro Leadership in Plymouth & Barnstable Senate Race

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after the Muratore for State Senate campaign released an email that incorrectly states that State Representative Mathew Muratore voted to codify the right to abortion in Massachusetts state law. Murratore voted against the ROE Act in 2020, which codified abortion rights in the Commonwealth. 

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Reproductive Health Care On College Campuses Convening Held At Legislative Office Building On Wednesday
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Reproductive Health Care On College Campuses Convening Held At Legislative Office Building On Wednesday

The Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity (CWCSEO) hosted a reproductive health care accessibility for students on college campuses convening on Wednesday at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The convening – sponsored by the University of Connecticut's Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) – aimed to foster collaboration and learning around the implementation of reproductive health services on campuses as required by Public Act 23-41.

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Fox 61 | Senate Democrats gear up for another vote on the Right to IVF Act

“The right to the IVF Act really comes out of the Alabama Supreme Court's really shocking decision earlier this year to call embryos extra uterine Children, essentially banning IVF in Alabama and then creating fetal personhood and then throwing the provision of IVF and all assisted reproductive health services into disarray,” Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now, explained.

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Reproductive Equity Now Announces Next Slate of Endorsed Candidates for Connecticut Legislature
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Reproductive Equity Now Announces Next Slate of Endorsed Candidates for Connecticut Legislature

Two years since the Dobbs decision decimated the national right to abortion access, and on the precipice of one of the most important election cycles in history, Reproductive Equity Now has announced its second slate of endorsed candidates for the Connecticut Legislature. These candidates will continue the groundbreaking work that the Connecticut State Legislature has done to meet the post-Dobbs moment and work to advance a reproductive equity agenda for all Nutmeggers. 

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Reproductive Equity Now Announces Next Slate of Endorsed Candidates for State Legislature in Massachusetts
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Reproductive Equity Now Announces Next Slate of Endorsed Candidates for State Legislature in Massachusetts

Two years since the Dobbs decision decimated the national right to abortion access, one month after the Massachusetts Legislature advanced groundbreaking legislation to address the state’s worsening maternal health crisis, and on the precipice of one of the most important election cycles in history, Reproductive Equity Now has announced its second slate of endorsed candidates for the Massachusetts legislature. These candidates will continue the groundbreaking progress that the Massachusetts legislature has made to meet the post-Dobbs crisis and work to advance a reproductive equity agenda for all Bay Staters. 

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Boston Globe | He ‘hasn’t thought about this at all’: Experts react to Donald Trump’s pledge to make IVF free for everyone
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Boston Globe | He ‘hasn’t thought about this at all’: Experts react to Donald Trump’s pledge to make IVF free for everyone

“Donald Trump is full of bologna,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now. “The only thing we should be trusting is Trump’s record of overturning Roe v. Wade, wanting to punish patients who seek abortion, and criminalizing doctors who offer life-saving and life-affirming care. Trump is running from his cruel anti-reproductive record because he knows that American voters will overwhelmingly demand the ability to decide if, when, and how to start or grow their families this Election Day.”

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