July 25, 2019

New report details intensifying staffing crisis in Rhode Island nursing homes

Rhode Island is one of only a handful of states across the country that have no minimum...

October 31, 2019

Full video: Rhode Island codifies Roe v Wade into State Law

It took a little over two hours for the Rhode Island Senate to pass the Reproductive Privacy...

October 31, 2019

Governor Gina Raimondo signs bill codifying Roe v Wade into Rhode Island State Law

Tonight immediately following its passage by the General Assembly, Governor Gina M. Raimondo, surrounded by legislators and...

October 31, 2019

Reproductive Privacy Act passes out of Committee and onto Senate Floor

On Thursday the Senate Health and Human Services Committee (HHS) passed the Reproductive Privacy Act (RPA), H5125B,...

October 31, 2019

Senate rule violation letter from Senators Morgan and de la Cruz

Senators Jessica de la Cruz (Republican, District 23, Burrillville, Glocester) and Senator Elaine Morgan (Republican, District 34,...

October 31, 2019

Unable to get the Reproductive Privacy Act out of Judiciary, in a surprise move, Senator Lynch Prata transfers the bill to Senate Health

Senator Erin Lynch Prata (Democrat, District 31, Warwick, Cranston), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, today surprised...

October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom: Revised Reproductive Privacy Act properly codifies Roe into state law

The Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom issued the following statement this afternoon: “The Reproductive Privacy Act...

October 31, 2019

Abortion debate at Rhode Island State House intensifies

Toni Van Pelt, President of the National Organization for Women, is drowned out by anti-choice protesters in...

October 31, 2019

The Womxn Project: Failing to pass The Reproductive Privacy Act has consequences

Advocates emphasize the harms that will come if we do not take steps to protect our rights...

October 31, 2019

As a party is held for Senator Archambault, The Womxn Project stays focused on protecting reproductive rights

As a fundraiser was held for Senator Stephen Archambault (Democrat, District 22, Smithfield, Johnston, North Providence) at...

October 31, 2019

Audrey O’Donnell: We will not stand to watch our rights slip away as our world becomes more hostile to our bodies

Reproductive rights activist Audrey O’Donnell speaking at a youth-lead, student protest at the Rhode Island State House...

October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Democratic Party Senate fundraiser protested by pro-choice activists

The chanting, honking horns of automobiles and the Extraordinary Rendition Band was almost deafening outside Maria’s Cucina,...

October 31, 2019

Rhode Island high school students hold “emergency press conference” on reproductive rights

“My heart sank when I heard somebody express their joy in how the bill wasn’t passed,” said...

October 31, 2019

Raimondo tells Boston radio listeners that choice advocates need to aim their frustration at the Senate, not the Governor’s office

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo was a guest on Boston Public Radio, WGBH today, being interviewed interviewed...

October 31, 2019

Nearly 100 people hold noon time, pro-choice protest at Rhode Island State House

The crowd generated by a first time organizer, unaffiliated with any local reproductive rights groups, demonstrates a...