abortion

Published
September 11, 2019

Maine Family Planning clinic seeks state funding in response to Trump’s abortion ‘gag rule’

Maine Family Planning lost $2 million in federal funding when it opted out of the Title X program over a ban on abortion referrals and a requirement to separate reproductive health and abortion services.
Published
August 30, 2019

Our View: Don’t sign ‘people’s veto’ just to put it on the ballot

A referendum to repeal a law should occur only if enough people actually disagree with the statute.
Published
August 27, 2019

Federal judge blocks Missouri’s 8-week abortion ban

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.
Published
August 25, 2019

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.
Published
August 22, 2019

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.
Published
August 18, 2019

Jim Fossel: People’s veto a check on power

The direct voice of the Maine voter should be heard on the most controversial laws.
Published
August 14, 2019

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.
Published
August 14, 2019

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.
Published
August 9, 2019

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.
Published
July 18, 2019

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.