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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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
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.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Opponents of a dozen new laws aim to erase them with ‘people’s veto’ campaigns
With a short time to collect 63,067 signatures, special interest groups and individuals file more than a dozen requests to challenge newly signed laws.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Judge’s decision allowing abortion gag rule in Maine is put on hold within hours
U.S. District Judge Lance Walker said the Trump administration’s rule could take effect in Maine, but that was halted by an appeals court hours later.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
‘People’s veto’ campaigns target new Maine abortion and vaccination laws
The groups behind the campaigns want voters to decide on laws that require insurers to cover abortion and that eliminate broad exemptions for childhood vaccinations.
Posted inElections, Maine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Endorsements of Sara Gideon highlight issue of reproductive rights in 2020
NARAL Pro Choice America and Emily’s List both offer early endorsements of Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon in her bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins in 2020.
