Abortion Rights
In 1973, the Supreme Court guaranteed American women the right to choose abortion in its landmark decision Roe v. Wade. Since that time, the anti-choice movement has worked furiously to dismantle it – with the ultimate goal of overturning the decision altogether. Anti-choice activists are working hard in state legislatures, the courts, and Congress to take away our rights. NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts is dedicated to protecting the right to safe, legal abortion in the Commonwealth.
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| Access to Abortion in Massachusetts |
| Massachusetts, like the rest of the nation, has experienced an overall decline in abortion providers in both clinics and hospitals ...
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| Safety at Reproductive Health Clinics |
| On November 13, 2007, Governor Deval Patrick signed the Buffer Zone Bill into law! The success of this public safety initiative ...
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| Repealing Archaic Anti-Choice Statutes |
| Despite the Commonwealth’s commitment to promoting public health and improving access to medical care, Massachusetts is one of only four ...
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| Federal Abortion Ban |
| On November 8, 2006, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases challenging the federal abortion ban. On April 18, ...
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| Mandated Parental Consent Laws: More Harm than Good |
| Everyone agrees that loving parents should be involved when a young woman faces an unintended pregnancy. And every parent hopes ...
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| Medicaid Coverage of Abortion in Massachusetts |
| Medicaid is a joint federal-state program, which uses funds from both levels of government to provide health care coverage for ...
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| Hyde Amendment |
| The federal government created the Medicaid program in 1965 as joint federal-state initiative to provide subsidized health coverage for low-income ...
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| RU 486 (Non-Surgical/Medical Abortion) |
| In 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone (also called medical abortion, medication abortion, non-surgical abortion, or ...
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