Reproductive Rights

More than 100 military installations are in states where abortion is now banned.

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Connecticut launched a website and hotline to help people seeking abortions know their reproductive rights in the state on Friday.

Twenty residents will exchange stories this weekend about growing up Black in New London.

President Biden signed an executive order Friday that takes incremental steps to preserve abortion access — but he underscored that it would take political change to restore the rights removed when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

As Pride month comes to a close, Hochul signs new laws to support transgender and non-binary New Yorkers. Connecticut also has new laws on the books to raise the minimum wage and more — including expanding who can perform abortions. While they aren’t on that list, more faith leaders decry the Roe v. Wade reversal, saying they support reproductive justice.

Connecticut officially becomes a safe harbor for out-of-state people seeking abortions on Friday, July 1. The new law also expands the types of medical professionals who can perform abortions to nurses, midwives and physician assistants.

Protesters rallied over the weekend across Long Island against Friday’s Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortions. Organizers called for ousting lawmakers who oppose abortion rights at the ballot box this November.

Protesters at an abortion rights rally Bridgeport, New Haven and other cities across Connecticut said they’re heartbroken, but committed to fighting after the Supreme Court decision Friday overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortions nationwide.

State Senator Phil Boyle of Long Island plans to introduce legislation to prevent New York from spending state taxpayer dollars on abortion services for women from Texas, Oklahoma and dozens of other states where the procedure will be restricted, banned and criminalized.

WSHU’s J.D. Allen spoke with Hofstra University law professor James Sample about this turning point for reproductive justice. Sample is concerned with how the nation’s highest court views the Fourteenth Amendment, which grants equal protection under the law.