Fighting Forward, Together

Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights

Last weekend, 12 dedicated women joined Maine Family Planning staff for the inaugural, intensive Fighting Forward Abortion Advocacy Training. While hundreds of Mainers participated in anniversary Women’s Marches and related events, our spirit of […]

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The Supreme Court Takes on Fake Clinics

Abortion, Fake Clinics, Health Care

2018 could mark a turning point in the fight against so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” (CPCs), those fake clinics that lie to women in order to deter them from getting an abortion. CPCs have […]

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What Does Net Neutrality Have to do with Reproductive Rights?

Get Involved, Reproductive Rights

You may have heard that earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—helmed by Trump appointee Ajit Pai—voted to gut the open internet principle known as Net Neutrality. This move […]

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Weighing the Benefits (and Risks) of Birth Control

Birth Control

A study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found a slightly elevated breast cancer risk among women who used low-dose hormonal birth control. The roughly 20 percent increased risk […]

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For Maine Women & Families, Susan Collins Must Vote NO on Disastrous Tax Bill

Get Involved, Health Care

Red alert! Senator Susan Collins is caving and she needs to hear from YOU—today and every day until the Senate votes on the morally vacant tax bill. There are myriad ways this […]

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‘We Can’t Be Complacent’: Thoughts on Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Health Care

Today is international Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day where we honor those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. According to the Human Rights Campaign, 2017 has already seen at least […]

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Reflections on Listening to Feminist Leaders

Uncategorized

Here is a dispatch from intern Casey Rogers. Casey is a senior at the University of Maine, studying social work, and is spending this academic year as a field practicum […]

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Waiting for the Title X Shoe to Drop

Fake Clinics, Health Care, Title X

Any day now, we expect the Trump administration to issue its Title X Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)—and to be honest, we’re a little nervous. After all, the Department of Health and Human […]

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We’re Still Fighting: Historic Medicaid Win & More

Get Involved, Health Care, Medicaid

Today, we celebrate Maine’s historic vote to expand Medicaid (MaineCare). The margin of victory (59 to 41 percent, as of this writing) and geographic distribution of votes (supportive communities stretched from towns […]

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Yes on Question 2 is a Vote for Women’s Health

Get Involved, Health Care, Medicaid

Maine Family Planning is part of a statewide coalition working to pass Medicaid expansion on November 7th. Here, our community organizer Cait Vaughan shares a little more about why Yes on […]

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