Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after a judge in the Northern District Court of Texas ruled to strike down the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services provision through which 3.3 million Massachusetts residents on private insurance currently access no-cost coverage for preventive care. This ruling will significantly impact people’s access to pregnancy-related and LGBTQ+ health care nationwide.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey today signed a FY2023 supplemental budget that includes critical funding for reproductive health care access, including $1 million for a public education campaign on the dangers of anti-abortion centers, or “crisis pregnancy centers,” and $250,000 to support the Abortion Legal Hotline in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Legislature today enacted an FY2023 supplemental budget that included critical funding for reproductive health care access, including $1 million for a public education campaign on the dangers of anti-abortion centers, or “crisis pregnancy centers,” and $250,000 to support the Abortion Legal Hotline in Massachusetts.

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy issued guidance requiring pharmacies in the Commonwealth to stock and dispense all reproductive health care medications, including mifepristone, the first drug used in a two-drug medication abortion regimen.

The funding would be used to help educate providers and the public about so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” and their lack of medical services, in addition to where people can access legitimate medical and family planning services throughout the state.

Today, the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, in partnership with Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, the Women’s Bar Foundation, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and five law firms, launched the Abortion Legal Hotline, a free and confidential resource to connect Massachusetts-based health care providers, helpers, and patients obtaining care in Massachusetts with free legal advice and resources about abortion access and care.

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today applauding the appointment of Boston Medical Center CEO Kate Walsh as Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“Roe was always the floor—not the ceiling—in the fight for reproductive freedom for every person,” said Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder.