Birth Control
Augusta, ME – On May 1, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana restricted access to telehealth abortion care nationwide by blocking the provision of the medication abortion pill, […]
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LD 143, which takes effect Sept. 24, combined with an appropriation from the state’s additional budget passed in June, LD 210, will provide $6 million in one-time funding to the […]
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More Reproductive Justice
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Reproductive Justice movement –– a framework created by 12 Black women as a tool to imagine a more holistic, liberatory approach to […]
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Domestic violence is a deeply disturbing and pervasive issue that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In the United States, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men […]
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More Abortion, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive Rights
This legislative session has been a long and grueling one, and Maine Family Planning acknowledges the work that all our citizen lawmakers do on behalf of their constituents. Together with […]
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More Get Involved, Reproductive Justice
Yesterday we wrestled with whether or not it made sense for us to make a statement about the shooting in Buffalo. We asked ourselves, is our voice needed in this […]
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More Family Planning, Health Care, Reproductive Health, STIs, Title X
After more than two years sustaining itself on private funds, Maine Family Planning is back in the Title X National Family Planning program, bringing desperately needed Federal funds back to […]
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More Uncategorized
By Mareisa Weil, MFP Director of Development If you’re anything like me, you may not have it all together in terms of end-of-the-year tokens of affection for your friends and […]
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More Health Care, STIs
Over half of people in the U.S. will get a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) during their lifetime, yet most adults don’t know how common STIs are — or that they’re on the rise. […]
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More HIV/AIDS
Worried you’ve been exposed to HIV? Let’s talk about PEP — a medicine you can take after a recent potential exposure. (Different from PrEP, the daily medicine you can take […]
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