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Published
June 24, 2024

Two years after Roe v. Wade overturned, abortion rights advocates rally in Portland

Roughly 100 people joined Gov. Janet Mills and other Democratic party leaders at the protest to urge voters to protect access to abortion at the polls this fall.
Published
June 23, 2024

‘Everything is at stake’ for reproductive rights in 2024, Harris says as Biden-Trump debate nears

Her comments come as the campaign announced it would hold more than 50 events in battleground states and beyond to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal legal right to an abortion.
Published
June 16, 2024

Our View: Abortion ruling allows Maine to stay the course – for now

The Mills administration's consistent, proactive work on abortion access is still as important as ever.
Published
June 13, 2024

Abortion pill access is unchanged after Supreme Court’s decision. Here’s what you need to know

Here's a look at what Thursday's decision does and does not mean for abortion access.
Published
June 13, 2024

Maine abortion providers, Gov. Mills praise Supreme Court ruling

The failed effort to ban access to a commonly used abortion drug was closely watched in Maine.

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Published
June 13, 2024

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication

The Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
Published
June 10, 2024

Donald Trump tells a group that calls for banning all abortions to stand up for ‘innocent life’

Trump has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of a federally guaranteed right to abortion – having nominated three of the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade – but has resisted supporting a national abortion ban.
Published
May 23, 2024

Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

Louisiana currently has a near-total abortion ban in place, applying both to surgical and medical abortions.
Published
May 1, 2024

Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign

Hobbs said in a statement that she looks forward to quickly signing the repeal into law.
Published
May 1, 2024

Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care

The new ban has an exception for saving a woman's life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest. But health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly.