Pro-Choice Caucus: Know Your Rights Resources
MASSACHUSETTS
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion laws and access to care have varied substantially from state to state. Massachusetts has taken steps to safeguard abortion rights and access during that time, including as recently as June 2024, when Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll announced new measures to protect emergency abortion access and launched a public education campaign on the dangers of anti-abortion so-called “crisis pregnancy centers”. In Massachusetts, abortion and contraception are safe, legal, and accessible.
As we face an unprecedented reproductive health care crisis nationwide, I am here with you and for you. I know that abortion care is health care. Reproductive rights are human rights, and you and all Bay Staters deserve the freedom to make your own medical decisions—including about abortion.
Please review the resources below for information on knowing your rights, understanding Congressional action to advance reproductive freedom, and accessing care in Massachusetts.
Know Your Rights & Access Care
On a national, state, and local level, you have rights, and you have options for access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion care. Do you have questions about those rights and options? See the relevant resources below.
Federal Resources
National Rights & General Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services Reproductive Rights Resource Website HERE
- Office of Population Affairs Reproductive Health Information HERE
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Reproductive Health Tools for Patients and Providers HERE
- Data and Statistics HERE
- HIPAA and Reproductive Health Privacy Rule Resources HERE
- Department of Justice Reproductive Rights Task Force Information HERE
- Department of Education Title IX Fact Sheet HERE
- Department of Defense
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
- Updated Reproductive Care Policies HERE
- Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
- Updated Assisted Reproductive Services Policies HERE
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
- Department of Veterans Affairs Reproductive Health Information HERE
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Pregnancy Discrimination Information HERE
- Department of Homeland Security
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement Medical Care Standards HERE
Reproductive Health Care Coverage
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Office of Secretary Xavier Becerra
- HHS, Labor & Treasury Joint Guidance on Birth Control Coverage HERE
- Office of Secretary Xavier Becerra
- Department of Defense
- Defense Health Agency
- TRICARE Reproductive Health Coverage Policies HERE
- Defense Health Agency
- Health Insurance Marketplace
- Abortion Information HERE
- Birth Control Information HERE
- Department of Labor Employer-Based Health Benefits ‘Ask EBSA’ Hotline Information HERE
Family Planning Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services
Fertility Care Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Fact Sheet HERE
Educational Resources
- Department of Health and Human Services
Massachusetts Resources
Reproductive health care, including abortion care, is a covered benefit in Massachusetts. See MassHealth reproductive health care coverage information HERE or apply for MassHealth coverage HERE.
- State of Massachusetts
- Official Abortion Access Guide HERE
- Current Abortion Law Information HERE
- Official Contraception Access Guide HERE
- Current Contraception Law Information HERE
- MA Department of Public Health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Locations HERE
- Family Planning Programs Information HERE
- Doula Initiative Information HERE
- MA Office of the Attorney General
- Reproductive Justice Unit Information HERE
- Abortion Legal Hotline Information HERE
- Health Care Rights Information for Immigrants HERE
- MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Learning Standards HERE
- MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Address Confidentiality Program Information HERE
- UMass Reproductive Health Care Services
- UMass Amherst Information HERE
- UMass Boston Information HERE
- UMass Lowell Information HERE
- UMass Dartmouth Information HERE
- UMass Memorial Health System Complex Family Planning Resources HERE
Government Representatives
- Senator Elizabeth Warren
- Share Your Story HERE
- Senator Ed Markey
- Contact the Senator HERE
- Find your state legislator HERE
MA-07 Resources
- City of Boston
- City of Somerville Ordinance Restricting Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers HERE
- VA Boston Women’s Health Information HERE
- UMass Boston Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Information HERE (also in State template)
- Mass Art Student Health Services HERE
In addition to the resources above, you can see the longer list below. Please note that due to the Communications Standards Commission guidelines, I cannot officially recommend these for inclusion, as they are not government resources. But I am copying them for your awareness, and the decision is ultimately yours as to whether you would like to include them.
- Abortion Finder Massachusetts Information HERE
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts HERE
- Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund HERE
- Mass General Complex Family Planning Services HERE
- Brigham and Women’s Family Planning Division Information HERE
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Cambridge Health Alliance Sexual and Reproductive Health Information HERE
- Boston Medical Center
- Tufts Medicine Family Planning Information HERE
Local University Resources
- Berklee College of Music Sexual and Relationship Health Information HERE
- Emerson College Reproductive and Gynecologic Health Services Information HERE
- Harvard University Health Services Sexual and Reproductive Health Information HERE
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northeastern University Health and Counseling Services
- Suffolk University Medical Services Information HERE
- Tufts University CARE