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Health Care, Reproductive Rights & Disability Rights Working Group<\/a>, Maine Family Planning<\/a>, and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England<\/a> C2A<\/p>\n Under a <\/span>rule announced Tuesday by the Trump administration<\/span><\/a>, any health center that provides abortions or abortion counseling would lose its Title X federal family planning funding. The new rule<\/a> would require facilities receiving Title X funds to be physically separate from those that perform abortion and would institute a \u201cdomestic gag rule,\u201d banning clinicians from referring some patients to safe, legal abortions. The rule would also eliminate an Obama-era rule requiring clinicians to give women information on all reproductive health care options.\u00a0<\/span>More than 4 million adults<\/span><\/a>–most low-income women–receive contraceptive care, wellness exams, screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted diseases, and other preventive care at Title X-funded health clinics. <\/span>In Maine, more than 22,000 men, women, and teens <\/span><\/a>receive Title X services administered by Maine Family Planning (MFP). MFP operates 18 clinics around the state and subcontracts with Planned Parenthood of New England, which serves women in southern Maine. Some say the domestic gag rule is a <\/span>direct attack on Planned Parenthood<\/span><\/a>, which provides contraceptive care nationwide to more than 40% of patients covered by Title X. Although many Planned Parenthood clinics and other centers that receive Title X funding provide abortions or abortion referrals, Title X funds have never been used to pay for abortion services. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills joined other Democratic attorneys general in filing amicus briefs<\/a> in a Planned Parenthood lawsuit against the Trump administration to block the gag rule. 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<\/a><\/h4>\nSen. Susan Collins (R)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n
\n<\/a><\/span>Washington, DC (202) 224-2523<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Washington, DC: (202) 224-5344<\/span><\/p>\nRep. Chellie Pingree
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\n<\/span>Washington<\/span>,<\/span> DC: (202) 225-6306<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMaine House:
\n<\/strong>1-800-423-2900\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\nMaine Senate:
\n<\/strong>1-800-423-6900<\/span><\/h4>\n