LD335

February 25th, 2026 at 10AM, the Health and Human Services Committee will hear LD 335, a bill to give millions in taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning. The bill will:

1. Create a permanent $5 million annual state fund for abortion providers.

2. Guarantee a taxpayer bailout if the federal government reduces or cuts their funding.

3. Require Maine taxpayers to replace lost federal Medicaid dollars with state funds.

4. Prohibit the state from limiting or excluding abortion providers from MaineCare.

Listed below are ways you can communicate your thoughts or testimony regarding this bill. You can:

• Submit written testimony or testify by video by clicking HEREand following the instructions.

• Email committee members directly. Their email addresses are listed along the left side of this webpage — just scroll down.

If federal dollars stop flowing to Planned Parenthood and Family Planning because of their abortion practices, the answer is not to force Maine taxpayers to bail them out.

If the state truly has extra money to spend, it should go toward maternity care, birthing centers, adoption, and foster care — not propping up Maine’s abortion industry.

Additional reasons for our opposition:

Taking the life of a preborn child is wrong. We oppose any policy that funds or supports the taking of innocent human life.

The Federal change had a clear purpose. One of its primary outcomes was ending Medicaid funding for organizations that exist predominantly to perform abortions. Taxpayers should not be compelled to subsidize organizations whose core business is ending pre-born life.

If we are talking about bailouts, let’s start with life-giving care. Across Maine, maternity wards and birthing centers have closed because hospitals say they lack sufficient funding. If taxpayer dollars are going anywhere, they should go toward reopening and strengthening those services — the ones that protect mothers and babies.

The Legislature already acted last session. Lawmakers authorized millions in direct state funding for abortion providers. Abortion groups asked for taxpayer dollars — and received them. There is no justification for coming back for more.

The numbers don’t add up. News reports estimate Planned Parenthood and similar organizations could lose roughly $800,000 to $2 million in Medicaid reimbursements under the federal change. That figure is significantly lower than what they are now requesting from the state, raising serious questions about the scale and purpose of this funding proposal.

This is about priorities. If Maine truly has money to spare, it should be invested in strengthening families — reopening maternity wards, supporting birthing centers, and expanding adoption and foster care — not underwriting an industry that measures success by the number of abortions performed.