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Boston.com | Here’s what to know about the abortion toolkit for public colleges

“Our hope is that university administrators will have the support, tools, and resources to implement medication abortion readiness plans and increase access to care for all of their students. Students deserve access to the health care they need, when, and where they need it,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, president of the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, in a statement to the Boston Business Journal.

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Boston Globe | Campbell says new unit will crack down on crisis pregnancy centers, providing guidance in era of abortion misinformation

Also last month, Rebecca Hart Holder, president of advocacy group Reproductive Equity Now, sent a letter to the Department of Public Health urging the department’s licensure and certification division to investigate whether another center, Your Options Medical in Revere, is engaging in the deceptive advertising of “immediate” results ultrasounds in its new mobile van on Cape Cod.

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The Nation | Remembering Andrea Miller, a Reproductive Justice Movement Visionary With a Plan

“Something I really learned from her was, just because they tell you it’s impossible doesn’t mean it is impossible,” Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now, told me. “It just means you might need more data; you might need better messaging; you might need better polling. You just have to figure out the right tools to make it possible.”

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Provincetown Independent | Mobile Anti-Abortion Unit Is Under DPH Scrutiny

A review of a separate complaint about the Your Options Medical mobile unit is also underway, prompted by an Oct. 17 letter from the Boston-based organization Reproductive Equity Now. The letter, sent to DPH and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, charges that Your Options Medical may be engaging in “deceptive practices and potentially endorsing out-of-scope diagnoses by registered nurses.”

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New Commonwealth Beacon Polling: Bay Staters Overwhelmingly Support Mass. Providers Offering Abortion to Out-of-State Patients

Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement today after new polling from Commonwealth Beacon shows that 72 percent of surveyed Massachusetts residents support health providers in the state providing abortion services to people from out of state. The polling also revealed that 58 percent of polled residents believe that the state’s abortion laws are a competitive advantage in attracting people to Massachusetts.

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CT Mirror | Connecticut expanded abortion access, but what does that mean?

Meanwhile, reproductive justice advocates in the state continue to organize. The long-standing Pro-Choice Connecticut organization, formerly NARAL Pro-Choice CT, has transitioned into the Reproductive Equity Now Network, a regional organization that is working to expand access to care across the New England region and provide more information to people both in and out of state who are seeking care. They have recently launched an abortion clinic finder.

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Reproductive Equity Now Sends Letter to Mass. DPH, EOHHS Calling for Investigation of ‘Your Options Medical’ Anti-Abortion Mobile Unit

Reproductive Equity Now, a leading voice for abortion advocacy across New England, today sent a letter to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services calling for an investigation into Your Options Medical licensed clinics, and specifically, the group’s new mobile unit that is preparing to operate on Cape Cod. The letter draws attention to the mobile unit’s potential deceptive advertising practices, and calls for an investigation into whether or not out-of-scope medical care is occuring at these licensed clinics.

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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.

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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.

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