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A Letter to Our Supporters
We are pleased to relaunch our organizations as Reproductive Equity Now and the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation. This name reflects our expanded mission and the urgency we feel when it comes to demanding, protecting, and expanding abortion access and reproductive freedom for everyone, especially those facing barriers because of both structural racism and poverty.
Reproductive Freedom a Major Winner in Western MA Elections
The success of our City Champions in western Massachusetts is further proof that supporting reproductive freedom is a winning position.
Reproductive Freedom a Major Winner in Boston Elections
Led by new Mayor Michelle Wu, 10 NARAL MA City Champions Head to City Hall
Boston Globe | More than a thousand gather in Franklin Park to rally for abortion rights
Two days before the US Supreme Court opens a session in which it is expected to overturn abortion rights, more than 1,000 demonstrators gathered Saturday afternoon in Dorchester with a unified message: The fight is not over.
Northampton Voters Advance Six NARAL City Champions to General
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, the Commonwealth’s leading reproductive freedom advocacy organization, proudly celebrates the six NARAL MA City Champions from Northampton who advanced to the general election after today’s prelims. Mayoral candidate Gina-Louise Sciarra, City Councilors Karen Foster and Rachel Maiore, as well as City Council candidates Marissa Elkins, Jamila Gore, and Jesse Hassinger all took the NARAL MA City Champion pledge.
Commonwealth Magazine | Insurance should cover full cost of pregnancy
Women shouldn't choose between care and incurring debt
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Statement On Supreme Court Setting Date for Mississippi Abortion Ban Hearing
Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court announced it will Dobbs v. Jackson, the most consequential case challenging abortion rights in the last 30 years, on December 1, 2021.
NARAL MA City Champions Shine in Boston Prelims
Votes are still being counted, but if this pattern holds among those seeking City Council seats, it is likely that a majority of the candidates in Boston this November will be City Champions.
NARAL MA City Champions Dominate Local Prelims
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, the Commonwealth’s leading reproductive freedom advocacy organization, congratulates the 57 NARAL MA City Champions who won their preliminary elections this evening.
Statement On Supreme Court Action Allowing SB8 To Stay In Effect
The Texas abortion ban is a calculated, insidious law designed by the Texas legislature to strip away the rights of pregnant people and get around any legal challenges to it.
Boston Globe | The law says women in Massachusetts are entitled to a year’s supply of birth control packs. At the pharmacy counter, not so much
Massachusetts residents are still being denied easy access to long-term birth control prescriptions they were guaranteed under a bill Governor Charlie Baker signed into law nearly four years ago.
NARAL MA Unveils City Champion Pledge
The nonprofit does not endorse in municipal elections, but this pledge is an opportunity for candidates running for mayor or city council to make their position on important reproductive freedom policies clear to voters.
A Letter to Our Supporters
On June 28, the NARAL Pro-Choice America Board of Directors voted to move forward with a plan to fully nationalize the organization and eliminate their support for all eleven state-level affiliate organizations, including NARAL Massachusetts.
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Honor Former Speaker DeLeo and Senate President Spilka as 2021 Champions for Choice
With this award, the former Speaker and Senate President join leaders like New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congresswoman Katherine Clark, and Attorney General Maura Healey as recipients of the nonprofit’s highest honor.
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Celebrates TelAbortion Expansion into Massachusetts
The TelAbortion study is run by Gynuity Health Projects and is currently operating in 17 states and Washington DC. More than 1,500 patients have been able to safely end a pregnancy through the TelAbortion research study.
Commonwealth Magazine | Health insurers to promote 2017 birth control provision
Measure allows women to obtain 12-month supply of pills
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Warns Jeffrey Turco is a Threat to Reproductive Freedom
While millions of Americans mobilized in 2020 to defeat President Trump and his racist, anti-abortion agenda, Jeff Turco donated to those who sought to keep Trump and his allies in power.
NARAL MA Highlights Baker Admin’s Lack of Implementation of Contraceptive ACCESS Law
The Baker administration is responsible for ensuring timely implementation of the law and that all state health care agencies and Massachusetts-regulated plans comply with the law. It’s clear the administration has not lived up to its responsibility.
Commonwealth Magazine | 2017 birth control provision fell through the cracks
What happens when a law passes and no one pays attention.
Statement on the 48th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
As our country teeters on the brink of overturning Roe, Massachusetts must continue to push forward in the name of reproductive freedom and gender equality.