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Reproductive Equity Now Statement on the Passage of Senate Budget
Today, the New Hampshire Senate passed its version of the biennial state budget for State Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027, which included language from Senate Bill 246, commonly referred to as “Momnibus 2.0, and partial funding of the New Hampshire Family Planning Program.
Reproductive Equity Now Statement After Access to Confidential Birth Control for Teens is Not Banned by the New Hampshire Legislature
Today, both the New Hampshire House of Representatives and Senate amended Senate Bill 72 and House Bill 10 to remove a ban on confidential birth control access for teens.
Over 200 New Hampshire Health Care Providers Sign Petition Against Statewide Birth Control Restrictions
A coalition of reproductive rights organizations and advocates across New Hampshire, including Reproductive Equity Now and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, released a petition, including signatures from over 200 New Hampshire-based health care providers, against legislation that would restrict access to confidential birth control for teens. Today, lawmakers in both the House and the Senate will vote on the passage of the amended legislation.
Reproductive Equity Now Senior Policy & Programs Director Testifies on Legislation Updating Massachusetts Shield Law
Reproductive Equity Now’s Senior Director of Policy and Programs, Claire Teylouni, testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary during a public hearing in support of S.2522, An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth.
Reproductive Equity Now Condemns Trump Administration’s Revocation of Protections for Emergency, Life-Saving Abortion Care
Reproductive Equity Now’s President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement after the Trump administration today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid are rescinding federal guidance that requires hospitals to perform stabilizing or life-saving abortion care to patients who are pregnant or experiencing pregnancy-loss. This guidance was issued by the Biden Administration in 2022 to clarify hospitals' obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to perform emergency abortions, even in states where abortion is banned.
Reproductive Equity Now Statement Following Connecticut Senate Passage of Legislation Protecting Youth Access to Care
H.B. 7213 would codify minors’ ability to confidentially consent to contraceptive & pregnancy-related care
Reproductive Equity Now Statement After U.S. House Votes to Undermine Health Care Access, Puts Lives at Risk
Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted early hours Thursday to “defund” Planned Parenthood:
Connecticut Sun to Receive 2025 Ellen Paradise Fisher Activism in Action Award at Reproductive Equity Now’s Breaking Barriers Gala
The Connecticut Sun is proud to announce that the organization has been named the recipient of the 2025 Ellen Paradise Fisher Activism in Action Award, presented by Reproductive Equity Now. The award will be formally presented at the Breaking Barriers Gala on May 15, 2025, at the InterContinental Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.
Advocates, Health Care Providers Gather at Connecticut Capitol to Urge Lawmakers to Advance Reproductive Health Legislation
Today, at the Connecticut General Assembly, reproductive rights advocates, medical professionals, and community leaders gathered to urge Connecticut state lawmakers to take action on critical reproductive health legislation this session
Reproductive Equity Now New Hampshire State Director Calls on Senate to Maintain Funding for Critical Family Planning Services
Yesterday, Reproductive Equity Now’s New Hampshire State Director, Christina Warriner, testified before the New Hampshire Senate Finance Committee during a public hearing regarding the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27. Specifically, Warriner spoke in support of the New Hampshire Family Planning Program, a program with a 53-year history of providing low-cost, preventative sexual and reproductive health care to thousands of Granite Staters.
Reproductive Equity Now Releases Statement on Amended Legislation Restricting Access to Birth Control for Young People
Reproductive Equity Now’s New Hampshire State Director, Christina Warriner, released the following statement after the House Children and Family Law Committee adopted an amendment to S.B. 72 on party lines that would require young people looking to access birth control to obtain parental consent.
Reproductive Equity Now Statement Following CT House Passage of Legislation Protecting Youth Access to Care
Reproductive Equity Now’s Connecticut State Director Liz Gustafson released the following statement after H.B. 7213 An Act Concerning Access To Reproductive Health Care, legislation that would establish clear statutory protections for minors’ ability to confidentially consent to contraceptive and pregnancy-related care, passed through the Connecticut House of Representatives 117-27.
State House News Service | Ralliers knock "100 days of harm" under Trump
"I think the most concerning thing we're seeing right now is the chilling effect — people don't know, necessarily, what their rights are. They're confused about what they're able to access and what they cannot, even here in Massachusetts," Claire Teylouni, senior director of policy and programs at Reproductive Equity Now, told the News Service.
Reproductive Equity Now Joined Advocates in Spotlighting “100 Days of Harm,” Deep Impact on Massachusetts Residents
Yesterday, Reproductive Equity Now’s (REN), Senior Director of Policy and Programs, Claire Teylouni, joined leading disability, senior, immigration, and health advocates in holding a ‘100 Days of Harm’ event outside the John F. Kennedy Federal Building to protest President Trump’s inhumane actions and highlight how the Commonwealth must stand together to protect our state, our economy and our people.
Reproductive Equity Now Calls for Elimination of Out-of-Pocket Costs for Full Spectrum of Pregnancy Care
This morning, the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Financial Services will hear testimony from the public on An Act Ensuring Access to Full Spectrum Pregnancy Care (S.761/H.1311), legislation that will eliminate cost sharing for the full spectrum of pregnancy care and ensure patients are not saddled with exorbitant costs or catastrophic deductibles after giving birth. Reproductive Equity Now will testify at this hearing and has released the following statement in advance.
Reproductive Equity Now Proudly Welcomes Former House Speaker Terie Norelli and Former State Senator Becky Whitley to Board
Reproductive Equity Now announces the appointment of two powerhouse leaders to its Board of Directors this week: Terie Norelli, former Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and Becky Whitley, former New Hampshire State Senator and US Congressional Candidate. With an anti-abortion trifecta in New Hampshire’s state government, Norelli and Whitley bring deep political acumen and an unwavering commitment to reproductive freedom—assets that will be instrumental in advancing the organization’s bold legislative and organizing agenda across the Granite State.
Reproductive Equity Now Slams New Hampshire House Budget’s Elimination of Family Planning Program
Today, New Hampshire’s House of Representatives rejected an amendment brought forth by Minority Leader Alexis Simpson that would have reinstated funding in the upcoming biennial state budget for the New Hampshire Family Planning Program, a program with a 53-year history of providing low-cost, preventative sexual and reproductive health care to thousands of Granite Staters.
Reproductive Equity Now joins Advocates, experts call on lawmakers to ban sale of location data
At the Massachusetts State House, domestic violence advocates, reproductive advocacy groups, privacy and technology experts, LGBTQ+ organizations, labor unions, abortion care providers, and others are today calling on state lawmakers to ban the sale and trade of precise geolocation data.
Repro Equity Now Statement After Trump Administration Cuts Millions in Title X Funding for Planned Parenthood Clinics
Today, Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now, released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally announced that it will be freezing Title X funding for thirteen Planned Parenthood affiliates, citing their refusal to end Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices. Title X funding provides access to critical preventative care like low-cost/free birth control, cancer screenings, and STI testing and treatment. According to Physicians for Reproductive Health, in 2022, through Title X funds, providers at sexual and reproductive health care clinics across the country were able to serve 2.6 million family planning patients. Title X funds cannot be used for abortion care.
Reproductive Equity Now, Lovering Health Center, and Equality Health Center Condemn NH House Finance Division Vote to Eliminate State’s Family Planning Program
Reproductive Equity Now, Lovering Health Center of Greenland, and Equality Health Center of Concord released the following statements after Finance Division III approved an amendment to the state budget to eliminate the New Hampshire Family Planning Program (NHFPP). This program, which serves thousands of Granite Staters every year, ensures that people can access no-cost and low-cost contraception, pregnancy tests, cancer screenings, STD testing, and more.