Abortion rightsNews and features on the legal and cultural fight over abortion in the United States.Study: More patients traveled to Mass. for abortions after Supreme Court Dobbs rulingMassachusetts has seen a small but significant increase in people traveling to the state for an abortion since the Supreme Court allowed states to limit access to or ban the...HealthSep 6, 2023How the Dobbs abortion decision is playing out in Massachusetts, one year laterMassachusetts has not experienced much of the political turmoil triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which ended the constitutional right to an abortion. But the state is feeling...ResumeHealth04:33Jun 23, 2023As N.H. Republicans ready for primary, Democrats work to push abortion rights to center of campaignThis push comes in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, which struck down a constitutional right to abortion. It also coincides with historic political tension...Local CoverageSep 2, 2022As college students return to Massachusetts campuses, they'll find new abortion care optionsA new state law ensures public college and university students in Massachusetts have access to medication abortion through the school's own health services, like on campus at UMass Amherst.HealthSep 1, 2022Reps. Clark, Pressley arrested outside Supreme Court at protest over abortion rightsMassachusetts U.S. Reps. Katherine Clark, Ayanna Pressley and over a dozen other House Democrats were arrested Tuesday for blocking traffic at a protest outside the Supreme Court criticizing the ruling...Local CoverageJul 19, 2022AdvertisementMass. insurers will cover abortion travel costs for membersTufts, Harvard Pilgrim, and Blue Cross are promising to cover travel and lodging costs for members who live in states where abortion is restricted.HealthJul 18, 2022Advocates urge crowd funding, not couch surfing, to help people traveling for an abortionInformal offers to host people seeking abortions have sprung up on social media since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, but so have stern warnings not to accept —...ResumeHealth04:52Jul 18, 2022Gov. Mills: Maine won't help prosecute abortion seekers, providersMills signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies from cooperating in another state's investigation into people, groups or health care providers over abortions or other reproductive health care that was...HealthJul 6, 2022House Democrats roll out reproductive rights bill in Mass.Representatives on Beacon Hill could vote as soon as Wednesday on a reproductive care access measure responding to last week's seismic U.S. Supreme Court decision ending a constitutional right to...Local CoverageJun 28, 2022Mass. anti-abortion groups celebrate Roe's overturn, while abortion rights advocates plan protestsMassachusetts advocacy groups on both sides of the abortion debate reacted swiftly to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.HealthJun 24, 2022Scenes across the country after Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortionActivists against and supporting abortion rights both demonstrated outside the Supreme Court on Friday after the justices announced their expected decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that...Local CoverageJun 24, 2022Justice Dept. 'will use every tool at our disposal to protect reproductive freedom,' attorney general saysCalling the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “a devastating blow to reproductive freedom,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will work to enforce laws and...HealthJun 24, 2022States move quickly to ban or restrict abortions following the Supreme Court rulingWith the Supreme Court's anticipated ruling in the Dobbs case, declaring that abortion is not a right protected by the constitution, several states are moving swiftly to enact long-planned bans...Local CoverageJun 24, 202222 states are poised to ban or restrict abortion. Others moved to protect accessTwenty-two states are poised to immediately ban or acutely curtail access to abortions with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.Local CoverageJun 24, 2022Baker signs order protecting abortion providers; Mass lawmakers decry Roe decisionAbortion in Massachusetts and the rest of New England is likely to remain legal. In Massachusetts, abortion is legal through 24 weeks of pregnancy, under state law.HealthJun 24, 2022Mass. Senate moves to protect abortion providers from out-of-state court judgments and investigationsThe protections would apply to anyone caring for or aiding transgender patients as well. However, some legal scholars say Massachusetts is wading into complex and murky territory.HealthMay 27, 2022Understand more about abortions in Mass. with these 5 graphsAbortions have dropped sharply since the 1970s and continue to decline, and most terminations happen early in pregnancy.HealthMay 19, 2022Ed Markey says Congress must protect abortion rights; calls to end the filibuster and expand the Supreme CourtU.S. Sen. Ed Markey says it's time to end the Senate filibuster and pass a federal law to legalizing abortion now that the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe...Local CoverageMay 5, 2022Abortion activists mobilize in Mass. after Supreme Court leakIn Massachusetts, a state where abortion will remain legal, activists on both sides of the debate are strategizing about where to focus their energy and efforts.ResumeHealth04:14May 5, 2022R.I. Supreme Court upholds state's abortion lawThe Rhode Island Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge to a state law guaranteeing a woman’s right to an abortion, ruling that lawmakers had constitutional authority to approve the...Local CoverageMay 5, 2022Next Page
Study: More patients traveled to Mass. for abortions after Supreme Court Dobbs rulingMassachusetts has seen a small but significant increase in people traveling to the state for an abortion since the Supreme Court allowed states to limit access to or ban the...HealthSep 6, 2023
How the Dobbs abortion decision is playing out in Massachusetts, one year laterMassachusetts has not experienced much of the political turmoil triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which ended the constitutional right to an abortion. But the state is feeling...ResumeHealth04:33Jun 23, 2023
As N.H. Republicans ready for primary, Democrats work to push abortion rights to center of campaignThis push comes in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, which struck down a constitutional right to abortion. It also coincides with historic political tension...Local CoverageSep 2, 2022
As college students return to Massachusetts campuses, they'll find new abortion care optionsA new state law ensures public college and university students in Massachusetts have access to medication abortion through the school's own health services, like on campus at UMass Amherst.HealthSep 1, 2022
Reps. Clark, Pressley arrested outside Supreme Court at protest over abortion rightsMassachusetts U.S. Reps. Katherine Clark, Ayanna Pressley and over a dozen other House Democrats were arrested Tuesday for blocking traffic at a protest outside the Supreme Court criticizing the ruling...Local CoverageJul 19, 2022
Mass. insurers will cover abortion travel costs for membersTufts, Harvard Pilgrim, and Blue Cross are promising to cover travel and lodging costs for members who live in states where abortion is restricted.HealthJul 18, 2022
Advocates urge crowd funding, not couch surfing, to help people traveling for an abortionInformal offers to host people seeking abortions have sprung up on social media since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, but so have stern warnings not to accept —...ResumeHealth04:52Jul 18, 2022
Gov. Mills: Maine won't help prosecute abortion seekers, providersMills signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies from cooperating in another state's investigation into people, groups or health care providers over abortions or other reproductive health care that was...HealthJul 6, 2022
House Democrats roll out reproductive rights bill in Mass.Representatives on Beacon Hill could vote as soon as Wednesday on a reproductive care access measure responding to last week's seismic U.S. Supreme Court decision ending a constitutional right to...Local CoverageJun 28, 2022
Mass. anti-abortion groups celebrate Roe's overturn, while abortion rights advocates plan protestsMassachusetts advocacy groups on both sides of the abortion debate reacted swiftly to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.HealthJun 24, 2022
Scenes across the country after Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortionActivists against and supporting abortion rights both demonstrated outside the Supreme Court on Friday after the justices announced their expected decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that...Local CoverageJun 24, 2022
Justice Dept. 'will use every tool at our disposal to protect reproductive freedom,' attorney general saysCalling the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “a devastating blow to reproductive freedom,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will work to enforce laws and...HealthJun 24, 2022
States move quickly to ban or restrict abortions following the Supreme Court rulingWith the Supreme Court's anticipated ruling in the Dobbs case, declaring that abortion is not a right protected by the constitution, several states are moving swiftly to enact long-planned bans...Local CoverageJun 24, 2022
22 states are poised to ban or restrict abortion. Others moved to protect accessTwenty-two states are poised to immediately ban or acutely curtail access to abortions with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.Local CoverageJun 24, 2022
Baker signs order protecting abortion providers; Mass lawmakers decry Roe decisionAbortion in Massachusetts and the rest of New England is likely to remain legal. In Massachusetts, abortion is legal through 24 weeks of pregnancy, under state law.HealthJun 24, 2022
Mass. Senate moves to protect abortion providers from out-of-state court judgments and investigationsThe protections would apply to anyone caring for or aiding transgender patients as well. However, some legal scholars say Massachusetts is wading into complex and murky territory.HealthMay 27, 2022
Understand more about abortions in Mass. with these 5 graphsAbortions have dropped sharply since the 1970s and continue to decline, and most terminations happen early in pregnancy.HealthMay 19, 2022
Ed Markey says Congress must protect abortion rights; calls to end the filibuster and expand the Supreme CourtU.S. Sen. Ed Markey says it's time to end the Senate filibuster and pass a federal law to legalizing abortion now that the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe...Local CoverageMay 5, 2022
Abortion activists mobilize in Mass. after Supreme Court leakIn Massachusetts, a state where abortion will remain legal, activists on both sides of the debate are strategizing about where to focus their energy and efforts.ResumeHealth04:14May 5, 2022
R.I. Supreme Court upholds state's abortion lawThe Rhode Island Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge to a state law guaranteeing a woman’s right to an abortion, ruling that lawmakers had constitutional authority to approve the...Local CoverageMay 5, 2022