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Statement On Supreme Court Action Allowing SB8 To Stay In Effect
Today, the United States Supreme Court again chose to allow SB8, an extreme and unconstitutional anti-abortion law in Texas that effectively bans abortion care after six weeks, to remain in force. The following is a statement of Rebecca Hart-Holder, Executive Director of Reproductive Equity Now on today’s decision.
Reproductive Equity Now PAC Endorses Lydia Edwards
Reproductive Equity Now PAC today proudly endorsed Lydia Edwards for Massachusetts state Senate in the 1st Suffolk and Middlesex District. Edwards is the first candidate to be endorsed by the newly-launched Reproductive Equity Now PAC, and her commitment to bold legislative action on reproductive equity issues earned her this endorsement.
Boston Globe | From Texas to Massachusetts for an abortion
If Roe v. Wade is overturned or gutted, it will formalize the huge social, cultural, and legal gulf between states that protect abortion rights and those that will choose to restrict or ban abortion.
SCOTUS Decision Will Have Direct Impact On Access In Massachusetts And New England
This week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The case presents a significant threat to reproductive freedom across the country and would impact abortion access in every state, including states such as Massachusetts where the right to abortion care has been codified into state law.
Boston Globe | The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the Mississippi abortion law that challenges Roe v. Wade. Here’s what to know
A Supreme Court pushed to the right by former president Donald Trump will hear oral arguments Wednesday in the most consequential challenge to abortion rights in decades.
Boston Globe | Mass. abortion rights group going it alone
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, one of the organizations that successfully pushed for the state law that expanded abortion rights last year, is being renamed Reproductive Equity Now after a break with its national organization.
New Name, Bigger Mission: NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Becomes Reproductive Equity Now
Reproductive Equity Now set to continue and expand on NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts’ mission to protect and expand abortion access in Massachusetts and the region.
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.