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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….
Reproductive Equity Now Statement on the Results of the New Hampshire Gubernatorial Race
Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder today released the following statement after Joyce Craig conceded to Kelly Ayotte in the 2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial race.
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.
The Boston Globe | Trump’s running mate thinks even less of women than he does
“Every single person in America who believes in gender equity should be having nightmares about JD Vance,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, head of Reproductive Equity Now. “This pick shines a bright light on the Republican Party’s true goal for America, and that is to make women subservient to men.”
Reproductive Equity Now Publishes New Hampshire Repro Voter Guide
“New Hampshire has a long history of standing up for reproductive freedom. But following recent attacks on abortion access and reproductive health care from a small group of New Hampshire executive and legislative leaders, there is work to do to protect and advance reproductive equity in the Granite State,” said Christina Warriner, New Hampshire State Director of Reproductive Equity Now.
Reproductive Equity Now Statement After U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses EMTALA Abortion Case Without Ruling on Merits
“I want to be clear: this fight is not over. We know litigation in this case will continue in the coming months, and we would not be surprised to see this question before the Supreme Court again. It’s hard to celebrate this temporary relief because the question before the Court is so outrageous, insulting, and terrifying in the first place,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now.
Reproductive Equity Now Statement After Supreme Court Dismisses Mifepristone Case on Standing
“Today’s decision from the Supreme Court allows our movement to breathe a temporary sigh of relief, but we cannot lose sight of the work ahead of us,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now. “While Donald Trump’s far-right Supreme Court dismissed this purely political attack on abortion care, we know another is right around the corner. Anti-abortion activists have made their aim quite clear: they will not stop until abortion is banned in all fifty states. That is what is at stake in the upcoming election.
Common Dreams | Showing 'What's at Stake in November,' Senate GOP Blocks Right to Contraception Act
Reproductive Equity Now similarly warned on social media that "it's obvious from today's vote that anti-abortion extremists will not stop at banning abortion. They will attempt to block our access to birth control, attack IVF, eliminate LGBTQ+ healthcare, and decimate our reproductive autonomy. This is what's at stake in November."
Reproductive Equity Now Statement After Senate Republicans Block Passage of Right to Contraception Act
Hart Holder continued, “Today’s failure to advance the Right to Contraception Act, ahead of this week’s anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, drives home why state-based organizing for reproductive equity is so important. This November, we must elect reproductive equity champions up and down the ballot, from the Oval Office to the Senate to state legislatures and city halls. We cannot sit idly by and watch as legislation protecting our basic human rights is repeatedly blocked by far-right, anti-abortion politicians.”
Reproductive Equity Now Publishes Organizing Zine on Dangers of Anti-Abortion Centers
“Anti-abortion centers are deceptive, dangerous institutions. Our goal is to arm our communities with the tools to identify these anti-abortion facilities, protect themselves against disinformation and deception, and find legitimate, unbiased reproductive health care,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now. “We have seen and heard firsthand from patients who have been impacted by anti-abortion centers' shame, stigma, and deception. Today, we’re combatting this harm with a new organizing zine to spread accurate health care information, activate grassroots movement building, and take creative approaches to alert our communities to the dangers of anti-abortion centers.”
The Granite Post | NH reproductive rights advocates screen film showcasing the dangers of fake Abortion clinics
Reproductive Equity NOW hosted a watch party for Pro-Choice advocates in Concord, NH. Preconceived (2024) follows two women who find themselves unexpectedly expecting and have unfortunate run-ins with fake abortion clinics, mirroring how NH has 20 known fake clinics itself.
Reproductive Equity Now Statement in Advance of Oral Arguments in Case Challenging EMTALA
“This attempt by far-right, anti-abortion extremists to usurp EMTALA and threaten the lives of pregnant people has put the anti-abortion movement’s cruelty on full display. Abortion and emergency labor care are life-saving, life-affirming forms of health care,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now.
MassLive | Who is John Deaton, the long-shot Republican trying to unseat Mass. Sen. Elizabeth Warren?
In an April 5 letter, Rebecca Hart Holder, the president of Boston-based Reproductive Equity Now, asked Deaton to clarify his position on the critical issue, writing that his “campaign website has virtually no information about your policy platform.”
Hart Holder also wrote that she was concerned about “extreme, anti-abortion statements from your senior campaign leadership.”
New Hampshire Bulletin | How you can invest in compassionate reproductive health care in New Hampshire
March 10 is Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, and we encourage you to show up for your local reproductive health care providers the same way they show up for our communities each and every day. Here’s how you can do that.
The Granite Post | NH GOP’s stance on personhood echoes Alabama IVF decision
The sentiment was echoed by Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now, whose organization has begun expanding into New Hampshire in September of last year. She said the NH GOP’s platform spoke for itself. “The Alabama IVF ruling is proof positive that banning abortion has never been the end-game for the anti-abortion movement….
Amidst National Attacks on Mifepristone, New Hampshire House, Senate Demonstrate Support for Medication Abortion Access
“Reproductive freedom is a core Granite State value, and today the New Hampshire House and Senate reaffirmed our state’s commitment to medication abortion access by passing HCR 11 and SB 567,” said Christina Warriner, New Hampshire State Director for Reproductive Equity Now.
New Hampshire House Fails Granite Staters By Denying Them the Right to Vote for Their Own Reproductive Futures
While the bill received bipartisan support and earned a majority vote in support of an ought to pass motion, it failed to reach the three-fifths majority threshold necessary to advance a proposed constitutional amendment. The final vote was 193 to 184 in support of CACR 23.
New Hampshire Union Leader | Sen. Suzanne Prentiss, Rep. Mary Hakken-Phillips & Karen Liot Hill: Reproductive rights are on the ballot this year.
We encourage people who care about reproductive freedom in New Hampshire to follow these bills in the House and Senate and to follow the Executive Council’s ongoing deliberations on family planning contracts. Planned Parenthood NH and Reproductive Equity Now NH are great sources of information.
NH: Reproductive Equity Now Statement After Supreme Court Grants Cert to Mifepristone Case
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court today granted certiorari to U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a baseless case that challenges the current accessibility of mifepristone, one of two medications used in a typical medication abortion regimen.
Statements in Response to Lawmakers’ Plans to Protect Abortion in the New Hampshire State Constitution
Christina Warriner, New Hampshire State Director, Reproductive Equity Now: “New Hampshire is the only state in New England that has not codified abortion protections, putting the Granite State just one election away from eroding abortion access. We must act urgently to pass this Constitutional Amendment to protect abortion and put reproductive health care decisions in the hands of patients and health care providers, not politicians.”