Abortion

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Planned Parenthood decision could limit health care access for Connecticut women, advocates said Thursday, as it opens the door for Congress, now considering the federal budget, to remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and abortion rights advocates marked the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision by highlighting the state’s efforts to strengthen abortion rights at the State Capitol in Hartford on Tuesday.

Three years after Dobbs, CT Democrats warn a federal budget bill could cut Medicaid funding for reproductive health providers like Planned Parenthood, threatening care for thousands of patients.

Following the reelection of Donald Trump, Connecticut has partnered with top lawyers on a hotline to give abortion providers and patients free, confidential legal advice.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D), U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, Attorney General William Tong and Comptroller Sean Scanlon spoke about former President Donald Trump’s reelection for nearly an hour on Wednesday morning.

Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro has called out the platform adopted by the Republican Party at their convention that changes the party’s position on abortion. DeLauro addressed the issue at a media briefing on Tuesday at a New Haven location of Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion services provider in the state.

Connecticut has had about a 150% increase in the number of out-of-state women seeking abortion services since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to abortion providers.

June 24 marks two years since the Supreme Court released the Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to an abortion.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court mifepristone case could threaten the state’s abortion rights.

The March for Life drew more than 1,500 people who called on CT to halt a proposal to enshrine reproductive rights in the state Constitution.