Today, Connecticut leaders, including Connecticut’s Governor Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong, lawmakers, and advocates called for urgent state action to protect telehealth abortion access following rapidly shifting federal court rulings in Louisiana et al. v. Food and Drug Administration. Watch the full press conference HERE.

With only one week left in the legislative session, reproductive rights advocates, medical professionals, and community leaders gathered today at the Connecticut General Assembly to press lawmakers to act now and pass critical reproductive health legislation.

Yesterday, Reproductive Equity Now’s Connecticut State Director, Liz Gustafson, testified in front of the Human Services Committee in support of both H.B. 5482, An Act Concerning Twelve Month Coverage for Contraception and Hormone Therapy, and H.B. 5483, An Act Concerning Fertility Care Under The Medicaid Program. These bills will increase access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care by ensuring that fertility care, a 12-month supply of hormonal birth control, and a 12-month supply of gender-affirming care are available to Connecticut residents enrolled in HUSKY, the state’s Medicaid program. Currently, the state mandates that only some private insurers cover these services.