reproductive rights

Following the recent Supreme Court decision to end the constitutional right to abortion, 'aunties' are banding together to offer help with transportation or a place to stay for people traveling to states like Connecticut where abortion is still legal.

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.

A new state law set to take effect July 1 will expand the pool of health care providers who can perform certain kinds of first-trimester abortion care procedures.

Research is more limited, but shows that men who become parents younger than planned are less likely to go to college and have lower earnings.

Here’s what you need to know about the “safe harbor” law addressing reproductive rights.

Protestors gathered in New Haven and other cities across the state to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling.

In Connecticut, opponents of abortion rights welcomed the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the new opportunities to protect the unborn.

Before the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to abortion, Connecticut lawmakers who support abortion rights took steps they say will ensure that women in the state will still be able to obtain the procedure.

Connecticut hardened its legal protections this year to protect abortion access and the right of people seeking reproductive healthcare from out of state.

Connecticut’s elected officials and health care groups have reacted strongly in opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision that overturns the constitutional right to an abortion and reverses Roe v. Wade.