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 this week. That’s great news! Thank you to everyone who showed up at the state house for the hearing or contacted the committee about this […]
Read MoreAbortion, 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 decisions about pregnancy are yours to make — not politicians or insurance companies. That’s why we stand with our allies in supporting LD 820, An […]
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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 bordering Canada all the way to southern Maine) clearly demonstrate that Mainers believe access to health care shouldn’t depend on where you live or how […]
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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 2 is a vote for Maine women. As the community organizer for Maine Family Planning, I’ve spent the last couple of months talking about little else […]
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