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Lamont administration launches hotline, website for abortion access

Mairead Koehler holds a sign decrying the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Way as hundreds of protesters march through the streets of downtown New Haven.
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Mairead Koehler holds a sign decrying the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Way as hundreds of protesters march through the streets of downtown New Haven.

The Lamont administration launched a new hotline and aimed at helping people find information on abortion services.

The move comes after some ϳԹ residents experienced uncertainty over which services were still available to them following the Supreme Court decision in June to , Lamont said at a press conference on Friday.

“The doctors at Stamford Hospital said our phones are ringing off the hook,” Lamont said. “People want to know, ‘is abortion legal, is it outlawed, is contraception outlawed?’”

Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said the hotline and website provide information on resources available to residents in ϳԹ and those who travel to the state for an abortion.

“You’ll find information about transportation, you’ll find information about how to pay for an abortion and what insurance coverage you can expect,” said Bysiewicz. “You’ll find, most importantly, information about where to seek abortion services.”

Lamont said ϳԹ is one of the first states to create a hotline of this kind.

Concurrently, the state is expanding accessibility to healthcare services and coverage for expectant mothers with low and moderate incomes.

Though state officials emphasized that legal advice pertaining to abortion cannot be provided, the website lists ϳԹ laws aimed at protecting reproductive rights and also offers links to national resources.

In 1965, ϳԹ took center stage in the fight over women’s reproductive rights when the Supreme Court ruled in that a state government cannot outlaw contraceptives.

The hotline is 1-866-CTCHOICE and the website is .

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SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de ϳԹ, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

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