Two Cambridge, MA, residents and activists from the EMA Fund learned of the resolutions passed in other localities and began working with the Cambridge City Council to replicate this success, passing a resolution on April 1, 2013. This resolution, developed in consultation with NIRH, called for the reinstatement of abortion coverage and emphasized that such coverage is essential to ensuring socioeconomic status does not impact a woman’s health care access. Several local advocates testified in support of the resolution:

Cambridge City Council hearing testimony: