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Jul 16, 2025
2025 Legislative Report: Building a Firewall for Freedom in Maine
The 2025 legislative session presented critical opportunities for Maine lawmakers to push back against the federal government’s attempts to disrupt our legal system and roll back our rights. Learn more about this year's top priorities and where we go from here.
Jun 13, 2025
Weekly Highlights June 9 – 13
This week at the ACLU of Maine: Anti-abortion bills are officially defeated in Augusta, we continue defending our client against unlawful deportation orders, and we're joining the community to rally for our rights.
Mar 27, 2025
Weekly Highlights: March 24 - 28
This week at the ACLU of Maine: Fight for abortion access at the Maine State House, a new class action complaint against Trump's mass federal firings, 23andMe privacy concerns, and more.
Jul 03, 2024
A Radical Supreme Court Term In Review: Democracy, Free Speech, and Abortion on the Line
A look back at wins and losses for civil rights and civil liberties during this transformative term.
By Samuel Crankshaw, Carol Garvan, Meagan Sway
Jun 27, 2024
The Supreme Court Just Declined to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients. Here’s What to Know
Today’s ruling does not signal the end of the road in the fight for protecting life-saving emergency care, or the fight for our reproductive freedom.
Jun 24, 2024
Overturning Roe is Just the Beginning
Two years after Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the ACLU examines how a second Trump administration would further imperil abortion access and reproductive rights nationwide – and our roadmap to fight back.
May 19, 2023
This Week, Anti-Abortion Extremists Showed Us Who They Really Are
Lawmakers are bending the democratic process and ignoring their constituents to push health care out of reach.
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