Latest NewsFederal Officials Defund Health Imperatives ChaseAugust 28, 2025 For 15 years, despite patients’ right to abortion care in Massachusetts, it was impossible to get an abortion on Cape Cod. Then, in 2023, Health Imperatives, a nonprofit sexual and family health organization, opened a clinic in Hyannis. Although surgical abortion procedures are not offered at the clinic, it made medication abortions in the early weeks of a pregnancy an option for Cape Cod patients. Abortion PillsHealthcareMassachusettsReproductive rightsUnited States