MEDIA ADVISORY June 1, 2011 Contact: Sarah Standiford, 207-622-0851 ext. 20 (phone) or 207.837.2609 (cell) Pro-Choice in Pink: Advocates Gather to Defend Current Maine Law Women’s Health and Autonomy at Risk at the State House this Week Augusta – In advance of likely votes on reproductive health, advocates and members of the Maine Choice Coalition [...]

unbelievable. That’s what I think about L.D. 924 – “An Act to Educate Women on the Medical Risks Associated with Abortion.” This bill would require doctors to read a biased and coercive script to a patient … 24 hours before she could obtain an abortion.Womenmaking decisions about their health have a right to non-biased information [...]

Last month the Maine Women’s Policy Center welcomed 100 girls and 50 volunteers to the State House for our 15th Annual Girls’ Day at the State House. The halls were filled with eight grade girls, click here to check out some great pictures on our Facebook Page. To learn more, read this great piece in [...]

Great news from Milwaukee! Yesterday the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled to uphold the groundbreaking paid sick day ordinance passed by 70% of voters. Now advocates are fighting to reject roll backs at the Legislature.  More here

Watch it here: http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

The goal of the SheDecides campaign this election cycle was to lift up women’s economic issues in the debate, and give candidates the responsibility of saying where they stand. Then, to get that info into the hands of women – particularly unmarried women voters (soon to be in the majority of all women in the [...]

In Maine’s Legislative landscape. You can see full results of the statewide races here. What does this mean for Maine women? We will learn about Governor-Elect LePage’s priorities soon, and the goals of the 125th Legislature. For the Maine Women’s Lobby, it means a heightened responsibility to preserve essential rights and liberties, including Maine’s commitment [...]

No,  not early results. It’s too early to report anything at all. But what we do have is Election Night Bingo, straight from the Washington Post.

CNN is reporting that exit polls show split on the role of government – Two out of three Democrats say it isn’t doing enough. And four in five Republicans say it’s doing too much. More here What do you think?

If you’re a political geek like we are, you’ve already bookmarked your short list. If not – rest assured, we’ve got you covered. The Washington Post has live results. And the New York Times is advertising IPad friendly updates. I’m not exactly sure what that means. Bangor Daily News traditionally has the best statewide coverage. [...]