NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts answers your questions about reproductive rights. If you do not find the answer you need here, please contact us.
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NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, formerly Mass NARAL, is a state affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice America and is the political grassroots arm of the pro-choice movement in Massachusetts. Our mission is to develop and sustain a grassroots constituency that uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing safe, legal and accessible abortion. NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, Inc. is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 1972. |
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NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts mobilizes thousands of supporters across the state to stand up for reproductive rights, works to elect pro-choice candidates and pass pro-choice legislation, conducts research on reproductive health access, and leads initiatives aimed at improving reproductive health equity in the state. |
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Fortunately, voters in the Untied States elected a pro-choice President, Barack Obama, in 2008. However, the United States Congress does not have a pro-choice majority in either house. Furthermore, we will be living with President Bush's legacy for years to come thanks to his appointment of two anti-choice justices on the United States Supreme Court.
State legislatures across the country have enacted 335 anti-choice laws since 1995. Over the last decade, access to abortion services has steadily declined in Massachusetts and across the US. While abortion is legal, barriers to reproductive health services make it virtually impossible for many low-income women, women of color, and young women to get the care they need. Furthermore, anti-choice forces have actively opposed initiatives that would reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, such as expanding access to emergency contraception and comprehensive sex education.
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Become a member.Your membership provides NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts with the resources to fight attacks on our reproductive freedom and to promote accessible reproductive health care. If you’re already a member, spread the word. Let us know if your pro-choice friends would like to learn more about our work to protect choice.
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We helped to elect the first pro-choice legislature in state history in 2004 and the largest pro-choice legislative majority in 2008. In 2007, we worked with our allies to pass the Buffer Zone Bill, creating a fixed, 35-foot area around reproductive health facilities to protect patients and staff. In 2003, we authored the Emergency Contraception Bill, which became law in 2005, making emergency contraception more available at pharmacies and requiring hospital emergency rooms to offer it to rape survivors. Click here to see a full list of our legislative victories. |
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The purpose of the Pro-Choice Massachusetts Foundation is to support the right of every woman to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing safe, legal and accessible abortion. This mission is accomplished through the support of education and training programs, and public policy initiatives.
The Pro-Choice Massachusetts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1979. |
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When NARAL was first founded, the acronym stood for the"National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws." Later, it changed to the"National Abortion Rights Action League" and then later to the "National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League." In January 2003, our national organization changed its name from NARAL to NARAL Pro-Choice America. At that point in time, the national organization chose to stop spelling out the acronym. Here in Massachusetts, our named evolved from MORAL (Massachusetts Organization for the Repeal of Abortion Laws) to Mass Choice to Mass NARAL to our current name, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts. |
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