An Update from Augusta: What Happens Now?

Family Planning, Get Involved, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights

We at Maine Family Planning want to keep you updated on the status of advocacy efforts that YOU have supported related to family planning. Last Tuesday, the Maine State Legislature […]

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Maine 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 […]

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Sign 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 […]

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On 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 […]

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We’re Gearing Up to Fight Trump’s Gag Rule & Stop Title X Sabotage

Abortion, Birth Control, Get Involved, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights, Title X

For close to 50 years, Maine Family Planning has been the sole Title X grantee for the state of Maine, administering a bedrock federal program enacted under President Richard Nixon […]

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We’re Honoring Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!)

Abortion, Birth Control, Get Involved, Health Care, Reproductive Rights

At the 2018 Birds & The Bees Spring Soiree, coming up on Saturday, Maine Family Planning will proudly bestow the David and Sherry Huber Award to our friends at Grandmothers […]

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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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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’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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