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Ned Lamont
Governor Ned Lamont has demonstrated a strong commitment to reproductive freedom and women’s health care rights in the state of Connecticut. During his tenure, Governor Lamont has signed legislation protecting access to contraception, supported Planned Parenthood, opposed anti-abortion laws, advocated for women's health, and protected funding for family planning services.

Ned Lamont

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In 2019, Lamont signed into law a bill that requires insurance companies to cover a full range of contraceptive methods and services without cost-sharing. This reform ensures that all Connecticut residents have access to a wide range of contraceptive options, regardless of their income or insurance coverage.

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Now more than ever, it is important for state elected officials across our country to stand by the residents we represent and enact laws that protect their rights to make their own reproductive decisions. Politicians should not get between a patient and their doctor. As long as I am governor, reproductive rights will be protected in Connecticut, and I will do everything in my power to block laws from being passed to restrict those rights.

Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut

Governor Lamont Signed First-in-the-Nation Reproductive Rights Legislation

Governor Lamont supported and signed first-in-the-nation abortion protections put in place to protect Connecticut medical providers when they provide reproductive health care to out of state patients where abortion is banned.

KEY ACTIONS

  • Amicus Brief in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food and Drug Administration
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Amicus Brief in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food and Drug Administration

    Governor Lamont and 21 other governors filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of abortion rights in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. In this brief, the Reproductive Freedom Alliance governors argued that if the Court reverses FDA approval of Mifepristone and limits access to the vital medicine, it could undermine Governors’ ability to provide adequate healthcare services and would have far-reaching implications beyond reproductive healthcare.

    Public Act 23-56
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-56

    This law establishes safeguards for the collection, sharing, and selling of personal health data by businesses and service providers operating online platforms in Connecticut. While this law protects a wide scope of personal health information, it explicitly includes safeguards regarding reproductive health. These standards will help individuals who are seeking health care information and services online trust that their personal data and information is secure and cannot be collected and used against them.

    Public Act 23-41
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-41

    This law requires public higher education institutions with on-campus residences to develop a comprehensive plan by January 1, 2024, that addresses students’ need for reproductive health care, including contraception, abortion, and gender-affirming care.

    Public Act 23-52
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-52

    This law allows pharmacists to prescribe certain types of birth control without patients first needing to visit their doctor, improving access to this medication particularly in rural and underserved areas where access to reproductive health care is limited. The law permits pharmacists to prescribe a hormonal contraceptive and emergency contraceptive only if they have completed an accredited educational training program related to the prescribing of hormonal contraceptives and emergency contraception.

    Public Act 23-128
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-128

    This law protects licensed medical providers in Connecticut from any adverse actions taken by another state as a result of a provider’s involvement in otherwise legal and competent reproductive health care services. This includes providing reproductive care services on behalf of a patient who arrives in Connecticut from a state where such care is illegal. In these situations, the law generally prohibits the suspending, revoking, or denying the renewal of a medical provider’s license or other credentials, so long as those providers are following Connecticut law.

    Public Act 23-127
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-127

    This law prohibits certain health insurance policies, beginning January 1, 2024, from
    discriminating on the basis of gender identity or expression, sexual
    orientation, or age with respect to health insurance coverage for medically necessary
    infertility diagnosis and treatment. It also revises the allowed parameters for a policy to
    cover infertility-related expenses to conform to the federal Affordable Care Act.

    Invested $3 million for Planned Parenthood
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Invested $3 million for Planned Parenthood

    Governor Lamont worked closely with the Connecticut Legislation to allocate $3 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars for Planned Parenthood to protect and enhance access to reproductive care as other states restrict access to reproductive services.

    Public Act 23-41
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-41

    This law requires the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the UConn Board of Trustees to, by January 1, 2024, establish a plan to provide reproductive health care services by licensed healthcare providers to students who live on residential campuses.

    Public Act 23-128
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-128

    This law generally (a) prohibits health care providers from being disciplined or adversely affected by Connecticut licensing agencies, institutional employers, and professional liability insurers due to other states’ disciplinary actions for certain reproductive health care services, and (b) limits these employers or insurers from taking these adverse actions.

    Public Act 23-52, § 4
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-52, § 4

    This law requires pharmacists to give patients a list of nearby pharmacies that dispense medication, including abortion medication, to terminate a pregnancy if the pharmacy does not have a supply of the medication.

    Public Act 23-52, § 3
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-52, § 3

    This law authorizes pharmacists to dispense emergency or hormonal contraception to patients under certain conditions.

    Public Act 23-56
  • Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • July 19, 2024

    Public Act 23-56

    Governor Lamont signed into law HB 6941, which sets standards on accessing and sharing consumer health data by certain private entities that do business in Connecticut. The law prohibits them from (1) selling this data without the consumer’s consent or (2) using a “geofence” to create a virtual boundary near mental health or reproductive or sexual health facilities to collect consumer health data, among other restrictions.

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  • Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont extends invitation to Texas mother denied abortion access
  • CT Insider
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  • CT Insider
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  • December 12, 2023 • John Moritz

    Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont extends invitation to Texas mother denied abortion access

    John Moritz

    Gov. Ned Lamont publicly invited a Texas mother to obtain an abortion in Connecticut on Monday, after courts in the woman’s home state blocked her efforts to end her pregnancy due to a fatal fetal abnormality.

    What to know about Connecticut’s new laws designed to protect women’s reproductive rights
  • WTNH
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  • WTNH
  • Connecticut
  • July 20, 2023 • Darren Kramer, Eva Zymaris

    What to know about Connecticut’s new laws designed to protect women’s reproductive rights

    Darren Kramer, Eva Zymaris

    Connecticut has a series of brand new laws on the books designed to protect women’s reproductive rights in the state.

    Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) signed four bills into law Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in 2022.

    Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signs abortion rights bill aimed at protecting patients and providers
  • CBS News
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  • CBS News
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  • May 10, 2022 • CBS New York Team

    Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signs abortion rights bill aimed at protecting patients and providers

    CBS New York Team

    Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed a new law to expand access to abortion rights.

    The law protects medical providers and patients seeking abortion care in Connecticut who may be traveling from other states that have outlawed abortion.

    Connecticut Moves to Blunt Impact of Other States’ Anti-Abortion Laws
  • The New York Times
  • Connecticut
  • The New York Times
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  • April 30, 2022 • Sarah Maslin Nir, Kate Zernike

    Connecticut Moves to Blunt Impact of Other States’ Anti-Abortion Laws

    Sarah Maslin Nir, Kate Zernike

    The state is among several acting to strengthen abortion rights protections as a Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade looms.

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