Women's Healthcare

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.

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.

Thursday marked one year since uterine and endometrial cancers were added to the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health program.

CT issued an initial denial of a request to close Johnson Memorial Hospital’s birthing unit, but Trinity Health can appeal the decision.

Connecticut has joined Massachusetts and New Hampshire to bring reproductive healthcare to Americans living in places with abortion bans.

Gov. Ned Lamont has signed legislation allowing free-standing birth centers to operate in Connecticut, starting in 2024. These will serve as an alternative to traditional hospital maternity wards, which in some rural areas of the state are being closed down.

To commemorate Black Maternal Health Week, some Connecticut lawmakers and advocates are pushing for the final passage of a wide-ranging bill to expand access to birthing facilities.

Governor Ned Lamont earlier this week pushed for licensing free-standing birthing centers, which would operate largely independent of hospitals, and the creation of a certification pathway for doulas, among other proposals to expand maternal services in Connecticut.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont wants pharmacists to start prescribing birth control. He said it’s part of the continued campaign for civil rights in the state.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) joined award-winning journalist Katie Couric to introduce new legislation that would improve detection of breast cancer.