Massachusetts H2658 ensures incarcerated individuals have access to reproductive health care, including contraceptives and abortion services.

Massachusetts H2658 mandates that incarcerated individuals have access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including contraceptive services, emergency contraception, and non-prescription birth control methods. The bill requires the Department of Correction to establish regulations for the distribution of all FDA-approved birth control methods, available free of charge. It also mandates that the Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association develop standards of care and policies for abortion.

Massachusetts H2658 ensures incarcerated individuals have access to reproductive health care, including contraceptives and abortion services.

Massachusetts H2658 mandates that incarcerated individuals have access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including contraceptive services, emergency contraception, and non-prescription birth control methods. The bill requires the Department of Correction to establish regulations for the distribution of all FDA-approved birth control methods, available free of charge. It also mandates that the Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association develop standards of care and policies for abortion.