A new state law ensures public college and university students in Massachusetts have access to medication abortion through the school's own health services, like on campus at UMass Amherst.
, who teaches courses on law and reproductive justice at Smith College. Baker is also a contributing editor at"The law that was passed at the end of July in Massachusetts specifically protects providers for providing care to people from out of state," Baker said.
"You know, I always thought this day would come," Baker said."I hoped it would not. I will definitely talk about , and I'll talk in particular about how I'm concerned that the court is prepared to expand Dobbs to contraception and allow states to limit contraception.". The research calculated the cost, distance and public transit time from the state's 13 public universities to the nearest abortion-providing facilities.
The study determined that"50 to 115 of Massachusetts public university students obtain medication abortion services each month, or 600 to 1,380 each year." Students have to travel between 2 and 42 miles to reach the nearest abortion-providing facility,"and that travel time on public transportation ... takes between 18 and 400 minutes."Telemedicine abortion providers are also available in Massachusetts, and Baker said colleges should list them on their websites along with local caregivers.
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