A U.S. district judge put a pause on the law as a legal challenge against it plays out in court, which could take months.
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Another View: Mainers have no obligation to sign people’s veto petitions
No one should support a position with which they disagree just to send the question to the voters.
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In Maine and nation, swift fallout from quitting federal family planning program
Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning are having to tap reserves, intensify fundraising efforts.
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Jim Fossel: People’s veto a check on power
The direct voice of the Maine voter should be heard on the most controversial laws.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Abortion foe broke law in 2015 Planned Parenthood protest, Maine jury says
Brian Ingalls of Lisbon yelled loudly enough outside the Portland clinic that patients and workers inside were disrupted.
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Planned Parenthood will forgo federal funds in Maine, U.S., over abortion ‘gag rule’
The reproductive health care provider will lose $400,000 a year for services in Maine rather than submit to a Trump administration rule that bars it from making abortion referrals.
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Organizers turn to churches in effort to undo abortion and assisted-suicide laws
Large conservative Christian congregations are being enlisted in the drive to put the new laws on hold before they take effect in September.
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Our View: ‘Gag rule’ targets poor women’s health
It’s cruel to withhold federal birth control funds to win points in the abortion debate.
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Maine Family Planning will forgo federal funds over Trump’s abortion ‘gag rule’
The nonprofit receives nearly $2 million from the family planning program each year, and that money represents roughly 25% of its revenue.
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Trump administration to begin enforcing abortion restrictions
It says its new regulation barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from making abortion referrals will take effect immediately.