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Providers tell lawmakers rising out‑of‑state demand, Title X and telehealth threats imperil reproductive care access in Mass.
Summary
Planned Parenthood and reproductive‑rights groups told the Joint Committee on Public Health that surges in out‑of‑state patients, federal Title X and other funding actions, and threats to telehealth expose Massachusetts providers and patients to new risks; advocates urged legislative support and stronger shield laws.
Representatives of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, reproductive‑rights advocates and reproductive justice groups told the Joint Committee on Public Health that Massachusetts clinics are seeing rising demand from out‑of‑state patients while federal actions threaten core funding streams.
Dominique Lee, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, said her affiliate served over 45,000 patients in 2024 across four health centers and telehealth services and provided 9,000 abortions that year; she said 55% of Planned Parenthood patients who received abortion care chose medication abortion. “We are the…
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