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Maine Family Planning Offering Telehealth and In-Person Care to Meet Patient Needs During Pandemic – August 18, 2020

Maine’s Independent Abortion Providers Applaud Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Access – June 29, 2020

At Hearing, State Legislators, Patients, Providers Voice Support for Maine’s Strong, State Family Planning Network – February 13, 2020

Reproductive Health Patients, Providers Support Speaker Gideon’s Bill to Sustain Strong, Statewide Family Planning Network – February 13, 2020

Maine Family Planning Withdraws from Title X Family Planning Program – July 16, 2019

9th Circuit Court Restores Nationwide Injunction on Gag Rule – July 3, 2019

Judge Refuses to Block Title X Rule in Maine – July 3, 2019

Emergency Request to Block Title X Rule Filed in Maine – June 21, 2019

Governor Signs Bill to Expand Abortion Access in Maine – June 10, 2019

MFP Applauds State Senate on Passing LD 820 – May 14, 2019

Maine Family Planning Responds to Nationwide Injunction on Gag Rule – April 26, 2019

Maine Family Planning to Fight Domestic Gag Rule – February 22, 2019

Mother Jones: “Activists Have a Plan to Increase Abortion Access: Let Nurses Perform Them,” May 30, 2019

Portland Press Herald: “Maine group sues Trump administration over ‘gag rule’ for family planning clinics,” March 6, 2019

Bangor Daily News: “Trump’s abortion ‘gag rule’ challenged by federal lawsuit in Maine,” March 6, 2019

Maine Public: “Maine Family Planning files lawsuit to block changes to Title X,” March 6, 2019

Rewire.News: “‘More than an Undue Burden’: Trump’s Domestic Gag Rule Faces Flurry of Lawsuits,” March 6, 2019

Rolling Stone: “Clinics, Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration to Stop Abortion Gag Rule,” March 6, 2019

Portland Press Herald op-ed by MFP president & CEO George Hill: “Why we are going to court over Trump’s Gag Rule,” February 28, 2019

Maine Family Planning funds 56 health centers in 15 counties:
– 18 clinics operated by Maine Family Planning
– 6 school-based health centers
– 4 Planned Parenthood sites
– 28 Federally-Qualified Health Center sites

In FY20, we served 20,120 patients:
– 85% female
– 15% male
– 80 percent of our patients qualified for free or reduced-fee services

We administered:
– 17,905 STD Tests
– 1,767 Cervical Cancer Screenings
– 3,561 HIV Tests

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