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PublishedDecember 8, 2024
Abortion funds take on bigger role in Maine, nationwide as access shifts
Financial support for the nonprofit support groups has surged since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2024
Planned Parenthood says requests for birth control spiked in Maine after Trump election
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England said appointment requests for long-acting contraceptives like IUDs nearly doubled in the week after the Nov. 5 election.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2024
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England names top executive
Nicole Clegg, the new CEO and president, has been with the organization since 2013.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2024
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England facing $8.6 million deficit
The nonprofit reproductive health provider is seeking $3.4 million from Maine. The funding would go to reproductive health services that don't include abortion.
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PublishedApril 1, 2024
Health care advocates seek $3.4 million in Maine state funding for reproductive health
The funding, if approved, would not pay for abortions but would cover other reproductive and primary care at 61 health centers across the state.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2023
Texas wants Planned Parenthood to repay millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements, fines
Planned Parenthood argues the attempt to recoup at least $17 million is a new effort to weaken the organization.
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PublishedMay 1, 2023
Abortion hearing continues through the night, ends Tuesday morning
Legislative committees held hearings on five abortion bills, including Gov. Janet Mills' proposal to expand access later in pregnancy with a doctor's approval.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2023
Bishop Deeley calls proposal to allow abortions late in pregnancy ‘beyond troubling’
While the leader of Maine's Catholics is vocal in his opposition to Gov. Mills' bill, other religious leaders are divided.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2023
Yarmouth woman was 8 months pregnant when she learned her baby had a lethal disorder
After being told her son would die in the womb or shortly after birth, Dana Peirce had to fly to Colorado to get an abortion because it wasn't allowed under Maine law. Her story inspired Gov. Mills' bid to allow medically approved abortions throughout a pregnancy.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2023
Gov. Mills to introduce legislation to expand access to abortion throughout pregnancy
One of four bills to be introduced would allow abortion at any point in a pregnancy with the approval of a qualified medical professional.
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