“It is not just about the state. … It is very much about what can happen on a federal level.” — Jolynn Dellinger, a lecturer at Duke University School of Law
Category: Abortion rights
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UMass Dartmouth will refer students seeking medication abortion to two clinics
Students seeking medication abortion can visit the student health center for help, according to the university
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City clinic ‘filling a major gap’ with addition of medication abortion
Services begin this week across the South Coast, easing the area’s abortion desert. “I think it’s going to cut a lot of different barriers,” said Women’s Fund Executive Director Christine Monska.
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Texas judge suspends approval of abortion pill — a decision that may affect Massachusetts
“Patients in Massachusetts will continue to have access to mifepristone. We stand for civil rights and freedom, and we will always protect access to reproductive health care.” — Gov. Maura Healey
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Gov. Healey issues order to protect access to abortion pill
The governor’s office also announced that the University of Massachusetts Amherst ordered 15,000 doses of mifepristone last week, to arrive in the Bay State this week, to stockpile in event of a shortage.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Opinion: Civil injustice, or how not to keep a republic
In all, the justices cast aside precedent, conflict of interest and all other principles of judicial restraint in a scheme to align the law with their political and religious preferences.
Posted inThe Chat with Jack Spillane
Watch The Chat: Abortion rights in Greater New Bedford
The New Bedford Light’s Jack Spillane was joined by women leaders from across South Coast to talk about abortion rights in Greater New Bedford after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Critics assail pregnancy centers, which outnumber abortion clinics in Southeastern Mass.
“These centers are often anti-abortion organizations that are working to dissuade and manipulate pregnant women.” — Taylor St. Germain, Reproductive Equity Now
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House bill would shield reproductive health care providers, patients from out-of-state legal action
It outlines broad liability protections for both providers who offer abortions, which remain legal in Massachusetts following the Supreme Court’s ruling, and related care as well as for patients who receive them.
Posted inCommunity Voices
Commentary: Defending democracy and a woman’s right to choose
Women, especially low-income women, will be forced to have illegal and potentially dangerous abortions. Women and mothers, sisters and daughters will die as a result of this ruling.