Reproductive Health

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced two new contraceptive initiatives for residents on Friday. The state’s first emergency contraceptive vending machine is in service on the UConn Storrs campus. Connecticut is also launching a training program for pharmacists who want to prescribe birth control.

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.

University health care experts and students were at the Connecticut State Capitol on Wednesday to talk about how schools were supporting reproductive health care, especially after the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Connecticut’s top Democratic lawmakers are in favor of amending the state’s constitution to codify the right to an abortion. But members of the Reproductive Rights Caucus say the amendment is not necessary because it's enshrined in state law.

Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, giving states the right to restrict and ban abortion. The right to an abortion is enshrined in Connecticut’s constitution, and the state has worked to expand access to reproductive health care.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut has joined nine legislators in a letter to Perrigo, the company that makes the newly approved Opill, asking them to keep the cost low.

According to Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, the state has seen a 56% increase in the number of people traveling to Connecticut for abortions.

Advocates and Democratic legislators said they remain committed to preserving reproductive rights in Connecticut on Thursday, denouncing “draconian” efforts to ban abortion in other states.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a law that permits pharmacists to prescribe certain types of birth control without patients needing to visit their doctor.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is part of a coalition challenging a ruling that would invalidate FDA approval of the pill.