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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Thank You for Funding the Front Lines of Reproductive Health

#PledgeAProvider, Abortion, Reproductive Rights

Our 2018 #PledgeAProvider campaign has come to an end, and thanks to your generosity, we brought in over $11,000 to fund Maine Family Planning health care, sexuality education, and advocacy […]

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The Key to Healthy Relationships: Comprehensive Sex Ed

Sex Ed

The Maine Family Planning team is gearing up for our 13th annual Comprehensive Sexuality Education Conference, taking place on Friday, April 6.  With a timely keynote from renowned expert Dr. Elizabeth […]

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#PledgeAProvider: Meet Kate, Our Public Policy Advocate

#PledgeAProvider, Abortion, Reproductive Justice, Uncategorized

The Maine Family Planning #PledgeAProvider campaign, our answer to 40 days of anti-abortion picketing, is coming to a close. In the coming days, I’ll post a round-up of the fantastic […]

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Show Your Support as We Face Down Anti-Abortion Picketers

#PledgeAProvider, 40 Days, Abortion, Health Care

Beginning February 14 and lasting 40 days through March 25, anti-abortion picketers are gathered every day outside the Maine Family Planning clinic in Augusta. Bearing deceptive signs and posters, their goal […]

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Trump’s Dangerous Budget Proposal

Birth Control

The Trump Administration’s budget proposal released yesterday is an affront to women and families nationwide. It targets abortion providers like Maine Family Planning by prohibiting any Health and Human Services […]

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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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