October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom raises objections to the Reproductive Privacy Act

From a press release: The Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom (RICRF) has great concerns with House...

October 31, 2019

The Womxn Project: Momentum growing for the right to abortion in Rhode Island

From a press release: The Womxn Project applauds the official introduction of the Reproductive Health Care Act...

October 31, 2019

Governor Raimondo makes strong statement of support for reproductive rights in State of the State address

From a press release: The Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom thanks Governor Gina Raimondo for calling...

October 31, 2019

Senator Goldin and Representative Ajello file Reproductive Health Care Act

From a press release: With the backing of more cosponsors than ever before, Representative Edith Ajello and...

January 19, 2020

Portsmouth Democrats support Reproductive Health Care Act

From a press release: The Portsmouth Democratic Town Committee, at their monthly meeting on January 3, 2019,...

October 31, 2019

The Womxn Project: Rhode Island bill protecting the right to abortion is a 2019 priority

Statement by The Womxn Project (TWP) on the start of the 2019 legislative session and the need...

October 31, 2019

The Womxn Project: Reproductive Health Care Act would protect abortion access

Statement by The Womxn Project (TWP) on the pre-filing of the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA), which would affirm...

October 31, 2019

Goldin and Ajello pre-file Reproductive Health Care Act

Rhode Island State Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence) and Representative Edith Ajello (Democrat, District 1,...

March 2, 2020

Legislators supporting Speaker Mattiello do so at their peril

Supporting Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston) may be politically costly to some legislators. Many Rhode...

October 31, 2019

Speaker Mattiello shares his current thinking on reproductive rights and codifying Roe v Wade

Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello has used his position to prevent the codification of...

January 19, 2020

The Woman Project: Mattiello not fit to be Speaker

The one disappointment among the great successes of the night was that 3,421 people in District 15...

October 31, 2019

Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island sees last night’s election as a major victory in Rhode Island

Rhode Island voters once again demonstrated strong support for reproductive freedom, including safe, legal abortion, by electing...

January 19, 2020

Portsmouth Democrats oppose Mattiello for Speaker

The Portsmouth Democratic Town Committee, at their monthly meeting on November 1, 2018, unanimously passed a resolution...

January 19, 2020

Allan Fung in Burrillville

Saying that he would put his “put my environmental record against this Governor’s any day,” Cranston Mayor...

October 31, 2019

Speak Up, Speak Out: Women share their abortion experiences

Women from Rhode Island and across the Atlantic gathered at the First Unitarian Church of Providence on...