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Union Leader | Christina Warriner & MacKenzie Nicholson: Ahead of Father's Day, do something for moms
In this op-ed, Christina Warriner and MacKenzie Nicholson argue that the Executive Council’s rejection of federal funding for maternal mental health was a slap in the face to mothers in the Granite State.
NH Senate Passes Anti-LGBTQ Bills
Yesterday, the New Hampshire Senate voted to advance bills that would take away rights from LGBTQ+ Granite Staters, with particular harm for transgender young people. The bills that have advanced at this point in the legislative session include:
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 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 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.
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.
NH House and Senate Advance Slate of Anti-LGBTQ Bills
Today, the New Hampshire House voted to advance a slate of bills that would take away rights from LGBTQ+ Granite Staters, with particular harm for transgender people. Reproductive Equity Now has prioritized fighting against two of these legislative proposals: HB 377 and HB 712.
New Hampshire Senate Rejects Codifying Right to Abortion into State Law
Today the New Hampshire Senate voted 16-8 to defeat SB 260, a proposed bill that would have codified the right to abortion care before 24 weeks into state law.
New Hampshire House Fails to Pass Resolution Affirming Abortion As Basic Health Care
During today’s New Hampshire House Session, members of the House Majority voted to table HCR 7, a resolution that would affirm Granite Staters’ right to access abortion care prior to 24 weeks.
New Hampshire Bulletin | House shuts down effort to recognize abortion as critical to women’s health in New Hampshire
“Several House majority lawmakers campaigned on a promise not to further restrict access to abortion care in New Hampshire,” Reproductive Equity Now, a Boston-based advocacy group pushing for abortion access across New England, said in a statement. “But when they had an opportunity to follow through on this promise by affirming that an individual’s right to terminate their pregnancy, prior to 24 weeks gestation, shall not be denied or infringed upon, they did not.
Union Leader | ICYMI: NH Lawmakers Publish Op-Ed Calling on Legislature to Affirm Abortion As Basic Health Care
New Hampshire State Senator Debra Altschiller (D-Stratham) and State Representative Mary Hakken-Phillips (D-Hanover) co-authored an op-ed published in the New Hampshire Union Leader, titled “Abortion Is Basic Health Care,” urging the New Hampshire Legislature to affirm Granite Staters’ right to abortion care. This op-ed was drafted in partnership with Reproductive Equity Now, a reproductive rights organization working across New Hampshire and New England to make equitable access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care a reality for all people. Read more HERE or below.
Lawmakers Advocate for New Hampshire Legislation Affirming Right to Abortion in Senate Public Hearing
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee hosted a public hearing for SB 260, legislation introduced by Senator Debra Altschiller, that would codify the right to abortion prior to 24 weeks gestation in New Hampshire state law. A copy of the bill can be found HERE.
InDepthNH | Abortion Should Be a Woman’s Right in New Hampshire, Committee Told
Claire Teylouni, of Reproductive Equity Now, Inc., said New Hampshire is the only state in New England without an affirmative right to abortion protection.
“You are not immune from the treats to abortion care we have seen across the country,” she said, “and coming from the federal level.”
Advocates for LGBTQ+ Freedom Statements on Proposed Healthcare Bans for Trans Young People
Today, the New Hampshire House Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs Committee heard two bills that would ban medically necessary, life-saving care that transgender young people need.
New Hampshire Lawmakers Introduce Momnibus 2.0; Senate Committee Unanimously Recommends Passage
At today’s Senate Health and Human Services Committee public hearing for Momnibus 2.0 (SB 246), legislation that supports the health and well-being of pregnant and postpartum women, families, and maternal health providers, committee members unanimously voted in executive session to advance the legislation with an “Ought to Pass” recommendation. This major win comes directly after a group of bipartisan lawmakers, with support from a broad coalition of maternal health advocates, introduced the legislation at a press conference this morning.