Young Mainers: Know Your Rights!
Abortion, Birth Control, HIV/AIDS, Sex Ed
Pop quiz: Carmen is 14 years old, lives in Maine, and wants to go on birth control, but doesn’t want to ask their parents. Can Carmen get a birth control […]
Read MoreMFP Program Director on The Abortion Diary Podcast
I love being part of an organization where we are doing amazing work and really making a difference in people’s lives. Leah Coplon, MFP Program Director The Abortion Diary, founded […]
Read MoreIt’s Official. We’re Out of Title X.
Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Title X
Today, after nearly 50 years as the Title X grantee for Maine, we notified the Office of Population Affairs within the US Department of Health and Human Services that Maine […]
Read MoreCelebrating MFP’s Dedicated Nurse Practitioners
Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights, Title X
It’s National Nurses Week! That means it’s time to celebrate the compassionate, dedicated, and expert nurse practitioners who work at Maine Family Planning’s 18 clinics statewide. Our NPs are the […]
Read MoreEnding Maine’s Outdated Abortion Ban Is Just Common Sense
On Wednesday, May 1, the legislature’s Committee On Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services (HCIFS) will hold a hearing on LD 1261, a bill that would end Maine’s outdated law […]
Read More40 Facts for 40 Days: Fighting Fear With Facts
40 Days, Abortion, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights, Title X
For 40 days in March and April, anti-abortion protesters were outside Maine Family Planning’s clinic in Augusta, peddling lies and propaganda. During this time, our patients and providers were forced […]
Read MoreMaine Moves Closer to Equitable Abortion Access
Abortion, Get Involved, Health Care, Medicaid, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights
LD 820, An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine, was passed out of the legislature’s Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee […]
Read MoreSign On To Support Equitable Abortion Access With LD 820
Abortion, Get Involved, Health Care, Medicaid, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights
At Maine Family Planning, we believe your access to abortion care should not depend on how much money you make, where you live or who provides your health insurance. Your […]
Read MoreOn Collins, Kavanaugh, and Abortion Access
Abortion, Get Involved, Health Care, Reproductive Rights
Maine Senator Susan Collins (R) met Tuesday with Donald Trump’s supremely unpopular Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh’s record and judicial philosophy, which Maine Family Planning helped parse for […]
Read MoreStatewide Defend Title X Coalition Declares: No Gag Rule!
Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights, Title X, Uncategorized
Today, a statewide coalition representing tens of thousands of patients, providers, and advocates voiced its collective opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed Domestic Gag Rule, which would gut the Title […]
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