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GBH | Abortion supporters cautiously celebrate Supreme Court preserving access to abortion pill

“[This] decision from the Supreme Court to uphold the stay on mifepristone allows us to breathe a temporary sigh of relief. As this case goes through the appeals process, millions of people will be able to continue to access mifepristone in states where abortion remains legal,” Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now, said in an emailed statement. “However, we need to be clear-eyed that this is not the end of our battle to protect medication abortion access nationwide. ... Every day that preserves abortion access is a good day, but the fight continues.”

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Boston Globe | The cold comfort of a reprieve

“We should not pretend that ultimately the courts will vindicate our rights,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, head of Reproductive Equity Now. “The Texas case shows what anti-abortion advocates are trying to do is ban abortion in all 50 states, and they will not stop until they achieve that goal.”

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Boston Globe | Supreme Court blocks enactment of abortion pill restrictions

Still, some had a sense of trepidation as the larger case moves on. Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now, a Massachusetts-based advocacy group, said it is impossible to read the tea leaves, given the court’s existing decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade and antiabortion groups’ attempts at a national ban on the procedure.

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Reproductive Equity Now Breathes ‘Temporary Sigh of Relief’ After Supreme Court Upholds Stay in Mifepristone Case

“Today’s decision from the Supreme Court to uphold the stay on mifepristone allows us to breathe a temporary sigh of relief. As this case goes through the appeals process, millions of people will be able to continue to access mifepristone in states where abortion remains legal,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now.

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Reproductive Equity Now on Appellate Court Mifepristone Decision: “We Will Not Normalize This Abortion Ban”

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after a federal appeals court late Wednesday night temporarily froze parts of Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling to halt FDA approval of mifepristone, but reinstated medically unnecessary, pre-2016 restrictions on medication abortion care.

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State House News Service | Healey Order Aims To Protect Abortion Pill Access

"With this stockpiled supply of mifepristone, our providers can continue to offer the gold standard of medication abortion care to thousands of people throughout the state, regardless of what a judge in Texas says," said Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder. "Today, Massachusetts is sending a clear message that we will fight back against attempts to reach across our borders and restrict access to care."

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Following Texas Judge’s Order to Halt FDA Approval of Mifepristone, Governor Healey Takes Bold Action to Stockpile Drug, Protect Providers

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after Governor Maura Healey announced several actions to protect and stockpile a state supply of mifepristone, the first drug used in a two-drug medication abortion regimen. The announcement follows Northern District Court of Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday to stay, or halt, the FDA’s 23-year approval of mifepristone.

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Reproductive Equity Now Condemns Texas Judge’s Ruling to Stay FDA Approval of Mifepristone

“Today a far-right, anti-abortion judge—two thousand miles away in Amarillo, Texas—ruled with anti-abortion extremists to usurp the will of the people and restrict medication abortion access nationwide. We want to be clear: Judge Kacsymryk’s decision has no basis in science, medicine, or justice. The decision is a result-driven, politically-motivated legal charade intended to ban abortion nationwide.”

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With Judge’s Ruling to Strike Down Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Mandate, Millions Could Lose Access to Pregnancy-Related, LGBTQ+ Health Care

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.

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Signs Supplemental Budget With Investments for Reproductive Health Care Access, Abortion Resources

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.

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