A year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, taking away guaranteed abortion rights for millions of Americans, Martha’s Vineyard is on the verge of having medication abortion services available on-Island for the first time.

Health Imperatives won a $374,000 grant to address hunger, health disparities and the Island’s severe under-enrollment in a nutrition program for women, infants and children.

With abortion care now facing a gauntlet of legal challenges around the country, Elizabeth Barnes thinks everyone should be worried — not just women seeking abortions.

Reproductive health advocates on the Vineyard and throughout the state said a Texas judge’s decision to strike down the federal approval of the abortion drug mifepristone will not impede Island and mainland healthcare services’ ability to provide the drug.

Due to a recent windfall of state funding, medical abortion services will be directly available on-Island through a local provider for the first time in Vineyard history.