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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced an investigation into Maine for requiring state-regulated insurers and MaineCare to cover abortion services, citing potential violations of the Weldon Amendment. Maine Governor Janet Mills condemned the investigation as an attempt to restrict abortion access and affirmed the state's commitment to defending reproductive rights.

Maine has 11 crisis pregnancy centers like ABBA Women’s Choice in Portland that provide limited pregnancy services and promote options other than abortion, often without the same medical oversight as licensed clinics. As abortion providers in Maine face federal funding cuts, reproductive rights groups worry more women may turn to these centers, which do not perform or refer for abortions and are often affiliated with religious organizations.