“Both of these bills are crucial to protecting and expanding reproductive freedom in Massachusetts, and it is heartening to see our state legislature taking action. At a time when states across the country are decimating reproductive freedom, Massachusetts is holding the line.

A recent poll conducted by Public Policy Polling on behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America found that a majority — 61% — of voters are more likely to support elected officials in the next election if they work to advance legislation that will prevent the government from interfering with personal decisions about pregnancy, including pregnancy prevention and abortion.

Hundreds of medical providers, educators, parents, teens, and advocates flooded the Massachusetts State House Thursday to ask their state lawmakers to support legislation that will dismantle persistent barriers to safe, legal abortion.