HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz launched a Reproductive Freedom Coalition Monday composed of lieutenant governors from 22 states and territories who plan to act as a “firewall” against diminishing reproductive freedoms in the U.S.
The announcement arrived as Americans await a ruling in Texas on a case that holds the potential to eliminate nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S.
The initiative, led by Bysiewicz, will drive model legislation, executive orders and policy aimed at protecting abortion providers from prosecution, maximizing federal funds for reproductive care, and defending abortion medication and contraception manufacturers.
