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little beards?

30 Dec 2011

It’s that time of year again when we look back at the work we did together – from right here on our computers (or smart phones, tablets … you get the idea). This is a compilation of the most read action alerts and the issues they communicated. Throughout this past year, we fought against roll-backs [...]

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the good. the bad. and the tabled.

10 Jun 2011

The Good (well, actually, the great!) This week, Maine lawmakers stood firm against efforts to roll back access to reproductive health care and civil rights protections for transgendered Mainers. The bills were defeated by wide margins—and for good reason. In upholding Maine law, legislators put the health of Maine women and teens first and did [...]

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Here’s the skinny

18 May 2011

Feeling blue about the state of affairs in Augusta these days? I hear ya (although it might also be the rain). That’s why I’m writing to you today. Believe it or not, we have A LOT to celebrate. Thanks to you, and your calls, emails, and visits to the State House we have – together [...]

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Bill Would Endanger Health of Maine Teens

In: Maine Women's Lobby|Reproductive Health

25 Apr 2011

We can all agree that open parent-to-child communication around health decisions is ideal. Unfortunately, for many families this is not the reality. There is no law we could pass, no policy we could implement that would create good communication between kids and their parents where it does not already exist. A teen may feel uncomfortable [...]

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Children’s Health Law Attacked by Chemical Industry: Moms, Business Owners, Doctors, and Scientists Urge Lawmakers to Keep Kid-Safe Products Act Intact

29 Mar 2011

(AUGUSTA) The battle over efforts to reduce children’s exposure to toxic chemicals heated up significantly today with a public hearing on LD 1129, a bill that would gut Maine’s popular Kid-Safe Products Act. At first blush, Friday’s unanimous committee vote to replace bisphenol-A (BPA) in reusable food and beverage containers seemed to point to a [...]

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Is your Shampoo Making You Sick?

In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|Reproductive Health|safe cosmetics

15 Mar 2011

Estelle Hayes puts the arguments of the cosmetics industry to bed in a great piece about toxic chemicals in personal care products, and the problem of cumulative toxic exposure. We all have our morning routines. My daily regimen includes an assortment of personal care products, including shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, lotion, a little bit of makeup; [...]

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Tags: estelle hayes, huffington post, Maine, maine politics

In Solidarity with Maine’s Family Planning Clinics

In: Choice|Maine Women's Lobby|Reproductive Health

1 Mar 2011

Today, the Maine Women’s Lobby joined the Maine Choice Coalition for a rally to stand in solidarity with Family Planning Clinics. Droves of concerned Mainers turned out to show support for family planning clinics and concern for the radical anti-choice proposals being considered in Congress. Two weeks ago, the House of Representatives adopted an extreme [...]

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Tags: Family Planning, Maine Choice Coalition, ProChoice, Title X

38 years! Something to Celebrate

In: Reproductive Health

21 Jan 2011

Celebrate what? 38th anniversary of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade! Join us at the University of Southern Maine Glickman Family Library on Wednesday, January 26th for a showing of the documentary film, The Abortion Diaries. The film will be shown at 7pm in the University Events Room on the library’s [...]

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Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Nonylphenols Named Maine Priority Chemicals

In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|BPA|Maine Women's Policy Center|Reproductive Health

17 Dec 2010

Board of Environmental Protection Recommends Replacing BPA in Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups “Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) has named bisphenol-A (BPA) and nonylphenols (NPs) as Maine’s first Priority Chemicals under the 2008 Kid-Safe Products Law. In addition, they provisionally adopted a phase out of BPA from baby bottles and sippy cups, which will [...]

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Surge of anti-choice women governors

2 Nov 2010

Here we go! Happy Election Day. Don’t forget to VOTE! (But, you knew that). Something we haven’t heard a lot about nationally – Women’s E-news reports today that anti-choice female candidates for governor are poised for big wins. What will this mean for state protections for reproductive rights and access to health care?

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Stacie Battles: Lets get this passed once and for all. Everyone deserves the same right to enter in a marital/legal [...]

Terry Donald: Lets all get together and work as hard as we can to get this passed. As I was told over and over aga [...]

Liz Betit: We have known for decades of the harmful affects of mercury and lead not only to humans but also to [...]

Lorraine Taft: Do not weaken our progress toward a safer environment. The Product Stewardship programs need to be k [...]

Phyllis vonHerrlich: Do not abandon the protective programs we have today. Many businesses have shown for decades that t [...]