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WSHU Public Radio | CT lawmakers consider bill requiring insurance companies to expand IVF coverage
“Current Connecticut law only requires private insurance providers to cover fertility treatment for people who meet a limited definition of infertility that is defined in reference to heterosexual intercourse,” Gustafson said. “Because of this narrow definition, single individuals and LGBTQ+ families have been excluded from this coverage requirement.”
News 12 Connecticut | CT doctors push for expanded fertility treatment for LGBTQ+ patients
“The cost of fertility care, such as IVF, can range from $1,000 to tens of thousands of dollars,” said Liz Gustafson, Connecticut state director for Reproductive Equity Now.
CT Post | CT insurers would have to cover fertility treatments for singles and LGBTQ residents under bill
Pavalock-D'Amato asked Liz Gustafson, state director for Reproductive Equity Now, details on the Alabama court ruling. "They explained and described and defined an embryo as an extra-uterine child, which is really dangerous in paving the way for personhood laws that is not rooted in science and has been utilized by anti-abortion and anti-assisted reproduction extremists in effort to limit access to the full range of comprehensive reproductive health care," Gustafson said.

Reproductive Equity Now Statement on CVS and Walgreens Beginning to Dispense Mifepristone
“As anti-abortion extremists continue to wage nationwide attacks on medication abortion access, this is a critically important step to remove medically unnecessary obstacles to accessing mifepristone,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now.
The Granite Post | NH GOP’s stance on personhood echoes Alabama IVF decision
The sentiment was echoed by Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now, whose organization has begun expanding into New Hampshire in September of last year. She said the NH GOP’s platform spoke for itself. “The Alabama IVF ruling is proof positive that banning abortion has never been the end-game for the anti-abortion movement….
Boston Globe | And now they’ve come for IVF.
“The Dobbs decision was the midpoint in the strategy, it is not the end,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, head of Reproductive Equity Now. “They want to turn back the clock by decades.”
NBC Boston | Alabama embryo ruling raises concerns for IVF availability across the country
In a statement, Rebecca Hart Holder, the president of Reproductive Equity Now, also blasted the decision.
"Not only does this ruling put IVF and family planning at risk in Alabama, but it paves the way for the far-right's use of 'fetal personhood' statutes, which can and will be used to broadly restrict access to abortion, contraception, and assisted reproduction nationwide," Hart Holder said.

Reproductive Equity Now to Advocate for Bold, ‘Beyond Roe’ Policy Agenda This CT Legislative Session
“Last session, Connecticut took historic action to expand access to reproductive health care, protect patients' digital privacy, and pass the first shield law to protect providers and those seeking care in the state. Yet, in a post-Roe America, there is still work to be done. Connecticut has a responsibility to continue to build back a reproductive health care future that goes beyond Roe,” said Liz Gustafson, Reproductive Equity Now Connecticut State Director.
MassLive.com | Company tracked visits to 600 Planned Parenthood clinics, investigation finds
“This latest report proves that Massachusetts is not immune from 21st century anti-abortion attacks — this data privacy crisis is right here in our backyard. If these extremists are able to use our location data to target abortion seekers with digital advertising, they can also use it to harass, threaten, or litigate against patients and providers in our state. Massachusetts has a responsibility to protect our location data and ensure that this personal information cannot be sold to hostile, out-of-state actors,” Hart Holder said.

Amidst National Attacks on Mifepristone, New Hampshire House, Senate Demonstrate Support for Medication Abortion Access
“Reproductive freedom is a core Granite State value, and today the New Hampshire House and Senate reaffirmed our state’s commitment to medication abortion access by passing HCR 11 and SB 567,” said Christina Warriner, New Hampshire State Director for Reproductive Equity Now.

Cellphone location data used to target abortion misinformation to visitors at 600 reproductive health clinics in 48 states
“This latest report proves that Massachusetts is not immune from 21st century anti-abortion attacks—this data privacy crisis is right here in our backyard. If these extremists are able to use our location data to target abortion seekers with digital advertising, they can also use it to harass, threaten, or litigate against patients and providers in our state. Massachusetts has a responsibility to protect our location data and ensure that this personal information cannot be sold to hostile, out-of-state actors,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, president of Reproductive Equity Now.
Worcester Telegram and Gazette | Mass lawmakers eye full insurance coverage for pregnancy care favorably
“More than 1.7 million Massachusetts residents have opted for a low-cost/high deductible health care plan,” said Claire Teylouni, of Reproductive Equity Now, at a hearing on the bill held in May. The number of residents opting for those low-cost plans has risen from 14% to 43% of people paying for private, commercial market insurers since 2013.
Mass Live | Worcester woman’s lawsuit against Clearway Clinic can go forward, report says
Clearway Clinic has been dubbed a crisis pregnancy center and is on Reproductive Equity Now’s list of “fake women’s health centers.” Crisis pregnancy centers often set themselves up near abortion clinics and are sometimes funded by organizations “that oppose abortion in any and all circumstances,” Reproductive Equity Now’s website reads.
NBC Boston/New England Cable News | Lawsuit against Worcester pregnancy crisis center can move forward, judge rules
“The allegations are very serious,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, the president of Reproductive Equity Now, which fights to expand access to abortion. “Anti-abortion centers are dangerous to people who are seeking unbiased medically accurate information about their options when they have an unintended pregnancy.”
Boston Globe | State legislators are again debating whether insurers should fully cover childbirth. Here’s why it’s different this time.
Massachusetts has nearly universal health care coverage, said Claire Teylouni, director of government affairs for the Boston nonprofit Reproductive Equity Now, but the fact that women have to pay so much more than men due to pregnancy, especially as childbirth is subject to increasingly high deductibles, means that health care is not equally accessible.

New Hampshire House Fails Granite Staters By Denying Them the Right to Vote for Their Own Reproductive Futures
While the bill received bipartisan support and earned a majority vote in support of an ought to pass motion, it failed to reach the three-fifths majority threshold necessary to advance a proposed constitutional amendment. The final vote was 193 to 184 in support of CACR 23.

New Hampshire Union Leader | Sen. Suzanne Prentiss, Rep. Mary Hakken-Phillips & Karen Liot Hill: Reproductive rights are on the ballot this year.
We encourage people who care about reproductive freedom in New Hampshire to follow these bills in the House and Senate and to follow the Executive Council’s ongoing deliberations on family planning contracts. Planned Parenthood NH and Reproductive Equity Now NH are great sources of information.
ICYMI: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell Tweets in Support of Banning the Sale of Cellphone Location Data in Massachusetts
“We’re proud to stand with Attorney General Campbell in calling for a ban on the sale of cell phone location data and we’re grateful that the Attorney General is using her office to ensure that abortion providers’ and patients’ personal location information never ends up in the wrong hands,” said Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now.
NBC Connecticut | WATCH: CT leaders talk about abortion rights following overturn of Roe vs. Wade
Watch our Connecticut State Director, Liz Gustafson, discuss the imperative of going beyond Roe on what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette | Backers call for banning sale of cellphone location data in Mass. Here's why
“Massachusetts cannot afford to sit on its defenses,” in connection with reproductive health care, said Claire Teylouni, of Reproductive Equity Now. “This is lifesaving care.”