Hitting the Ground Running
It’s been almost two months since I began my position here at the Maine Women’s Lobby and the Maine Women’s Policy Center. Although it feels like I have lots to learn, I am proud to say that we have...
View ArticleDefending Maine Women’s Reproductive Rights
Earlier this month, women, physicians, advocates, and many others testified at public hearings to support Maine women’s reproductive rights in the face of three anti-choice bills. The Judiciary...
View ArticleA Man’s Brain vs. A Woman’s Brain – Really??
Yesterday the Maine House of Representatives voted on accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. We’ve written before about why accepting these funds is a good deal for...
View ArticleNow is the time. Don’t let Gov. LePage’s veto be the last word on health care...
Last month the Maine Legislature voted in support of LD 1487 – the compromise bill to allow Maine to accept federal funds to provide health care coverage to nearly 70,000 Maine people. Governor LePage...
View ArticleMWL Statement on the Defeat of Gov. LePage’s Harmful TANF Proposals
Statement by Eliza Townsend, Executive Director of the Maine Women’s Lobby: We are relieved to see the Governor’s harmful TANF proposals defeated, but frustrated that the legislature wasted so much...
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