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Parents, Early Educators, Child Care Providers & Business Leaders Call for Passage of Comprehensive Early Education & Child Care Legislation
Dozens of parents, caregivers, early educators, early education and child care providers, business leaders, and advocates testified at a State House hearing on Tuesday, calling for the Legislature to pass comprehensive early education and child care legislation that would address the state’s multi-faceted child care crisis.
Reproductive Equity Now Applauds CT Comptroller Scanlon’s Revisions to State Health Plan to Make Fertility Coverage More LGBTQ+ Inclusive
Reproductive Equity Now Connecticut State Director Liz Gustafson released the following statement today after Comptroller Sean Scanlon announced revisions to the state employee health plan and Partnership Plan to remove discriminatory barriers to family planning and to require the Plan to cover fertility services for LGBTQ+ or single members.
Cape Cod Times | 'We're facing huge disparities.' On Midwife Advocacy Day, rally makes case for home birth
On Midwife Advocacy Day, maternal and reproductive health care advocates joined the rally for expanded access to midwives. According to the advocates, Massachusetts is facing a worsening maternal health crisis.
As Maternal Health Crisis Worsens, Advocates Host ‘Midwife Advocacy Day’ at MA State House to Call for Expanded Access to Midwifery Care
Maternal health and reproductive equity groups joined together at the State House Thursday to advocate for legislation to expand access to midwifery care in Massachusetts. Advocates participated in direct lobbying with legislators before joining together for a rally on the State House steps.
Reproductive Equity Now Announces Next Leg of ‘Organizing for Equity: The Roe’d Show’ in Holyoke, Salem
Reproductive Equity Now is today launching its next leg of “Organizing for Equity: The Roe’d Show,” a series of organizing events throughout the state aimed at educating Massachusetts communities on how to access abortion care, how to identify (and avoid) dangerous anti-abortion centers, how to talk about abortion like an advocate, and ways people can help reenvision Roe and ensure reproductive equity for all. The next leg of events will take place in Holyoke and Salem this fall.
CT News Junkie | New England Abortion Access Groups Merge to Bolster Regional Support
Advocates said they can also create a “regional powerhouse” that can serve as a model for groups in states where anti-abortion groups have successfully pushed for bans.
Politico Playbook | Roe Fallout
REGIONAL REACH — Reproductive Equity Now is expanding into New Hampshire and Connecticut as the abortion-rights advocacy group aims to turn New England into a bastion for those seeking reproductive care.
State House News | New England Abortion Access Activists Band Together
Nearly 15 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion rights activists in Massachusetts say the next frontier in safeguarding reproductive and maternal care access calls for strong partnerships with neighboring states.
Connecticut Public Radio | Advocacy group expands into Connecticut to bring abortion care to people from restrictive states
Connecticut has joined a coalition of states to bring reproductive healthcare to Americans living in places with abortion bans. It’s organized by Massachusetts-based advocacy organization Reproductive Equity Now.
Hartford Courant | Connecticut shifts fight for abortion rights to regional model
With reproductive freedoms at risk across the U.S., abortion rights activists announced Tuesday that Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire will form the nation’s first regional model for reproductive health care advocacy.
WTNH | Abortion rights advocacy group expands to Connecticut
“By creating a regional powerhouse for reproductive health care advocacy, we can build unstoppable political and organizing power across the country,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, the president of Reproductive Equity Now.
CT Mirror | CT joins other New England states to form regional reproductive rights coalition
Abortion rights advocates in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire are joining forces to form what they describe as the nation’s “first regional model” for reproductive health care advocacy in the United States.
Ms. Magazine | New England Advocates Build a Regional Model for Abortion Rights
“We must focus on state-by-state work to build regional blocks for abortion access,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now. “This work will begin in New England.”
New Hampshire Bulletin | A Massachusetts abortion rights group sets its eyes on New Hampshire
A group that’s long advocated for access to abortion and reproductive health care in Massachusetts is expanding into New Hampshire and Connecticut.
Globe NH | A Massachusetts reproductive rights organization expands into N.H.
Reproductive Equity Now announced on Tuesday that it is moving into both New Hampshire and Connecticut as a part of its goal to make the region “a beacon for abortion access,” the organization’s president, Rebecca Hart Holder, said.
Axios | Advocates seek to build a regional New England abortion rights haven
Reproductive Equity Now, the advocacy group behind successful efforts to bolster abortion rights laws in Massachusetts, is expanding into Connecticut and New Hampshire.
As Pro-Choice Connecticut Sunsets, Reproductive Equity Now Launches Advocacy Work in Connecticut
The Connecticut expansion will be led by former Pro-Choice Connecticut State Director Liz Gustafson, as that organization sunsets this fall.
Reproductive Equity Now Launches Advocacy Work in New Hampshire
Reproductive Equity Now, a leading advocacy organization for reproductive freedom and equity, today announced it will officially expand its advocacy work into New Hampshire.
Reproductive Equity Now Expands Advocacy Work into Connecticut and New Hampshire
The organization aims to build the first regional model for reproductive equity advocacy and make New England a leader in protecting and providing reproductive health care for all.
Boston Globe | A troubling reality for the GOP: No middle ground on abortion
When I asked Rebecca Hart Holder, executive director of the Massachusetts-based Reproductive Equity Now, whether anything Haley said about abortion had merit, she was quick to say, via email, “I don’t.” She added, “We should not be playing ‘consensus’ with basic human rights. A 15-week abortion ban is an abortion ban, plain and simple.”