Know Your Rights: Abortion and Contraception Access in Vermont

In Vermont, reproductive freedom is guaranteed by the state constitution and by state law. You have the right to access reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion services. 

This is the law of the land in Vermont. But the threat of a national abortion ban still looms. Extreme Republicans are looking for any way to reduce access to abortion, birth control, and all reproductive health care. As a member of the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus, I’m fighting in Washington to provide those same protections for all Americans. Since I entered Congress, I’ve been working to ensure the antiquated Comstock laws are not abused by extreme Republicans to ban mailing abortion medication.  

My office is here to ensure you can access the reproductive health care you and your family need.  

Reproductive Health Resources You Can Use: 

• Vermont Department of Health Family Planning and Birth Control 

• Vermont Department of Health Reproductive Health  

• Vermont Department of Health Adolescent Sexual Health  

• Vermont Department of Educaton Sexual Health Resources Page  

• Office of Veteran Affairs Women Veterans 

• Center for Reproductive Rights Vermont  

• Planned Parenthood of Northern New England  

• ACLU VT – Reproductive Freedom 

• Vermont Access 

• Office of the Attorney General Know Your Reproductive Rights   

• Agency of Human Services Vermont Reproductive Services 

• Office of the Attorney General Access Plan Insurance (Reproductive coverage for low income Vermonters)  

• Vermont Commission on Women The Legal Rights of Women in Vermont 

• Vermont Shield Law 

Get Legal Support and Advice:  

• Vermont Legal Aid : Office of the Health Care Advocate 

For assistance from our casework team, submit a request or call the office at (802) 652-2450. 

To understand more about your abortion rights and access to birth control rights in Vermont, follow the links below:  

• Agency of Human Services Reproductive Health in Vermont – Press Release 

• The Vermont Statutes Vermont General Assembly 

• Vermont Legislature No.47 An Act relating to preserving the right to abortion  

Article 22 of Chapter I of the Vermont Constitution reads: 

Article 22. [Personal reproductive liberty] 

That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means. 

The Vermont Statutes read: 

(a) The State of Vermont recognizes the fundamental right of every individual to choose or refuse contraception or sterilization. 

(b) The State of Vermont recognizes the fundamental right of every individual who becomes pregnant to choose to carry a pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child, or to have an abortion. (Added 2019, No. 47, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)