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As the 40 Days of protests continues, we keep sharing the truth about abortion care services at the FPA. This week, a staff person shares a post she wrote on her personal blog a few years ago – when she … Continue reading

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Note: We continue to give away a 4000 Years for Choice poster each week. Comment on any post to be entered in the weekly drawings. The 40 Days protestors think they know why women come to our abortion care facility. … Continue reading

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Note: During the 40 Days of protests at our Augusta health center, we are giving away a 4000 Years for Choice poster each week. Everyone who posts a comment on our blog during these six weeks will be entered into … Continue reading

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Time goes by so quickly! It’s been a whole year since we launched the FPA blog On the Front Lines to coincide with the annual 40 Days protest being held outside our front gate. In the past year, readership of … Continue reading

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The official 40 Days for Life campaign comes to an end this Sunday. Then things get back to ‘normal’ at our Augusta health center, with protesters coming only twice a week instead of every day.

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During the 40 Days for Life anti-choice protest, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes for us here at the FPA to provide abortion care services. I don’t mean the medical side of things. The FPA follows the standards … Continue reading

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It was 1967 and my mom was seventeen years old, alone and scared–navigating an unregulated, underground system of people claiming to be able to help her to end the pregnancy. She had nowhere to go, no one to call, no … Continue reading

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I’ve been an abortion provider for about 10 years. Abortion work is many things for me but, at heart, it is a profound privilege and honor to serve the women we do. And I mean to include the young women … Continue reading

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Late last week, I spent some time going through written comments from patients who had an abortion at our facility. I was deeply moved by their stories and I’d like to share some of those with you.

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Welcome to the Family Planning Association of Maine’s new blog — On the Front Lines. The launch of OTFL on this date is not a random occurrence. We have consciously chosen to start our new blog in conjunction with the … Continue reading

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