Maine Family Planning Refuses $2 Million In Federal Funds Over ‘gag Rule’

The organization that receives and distributes Maine’s share of federal family planning funds will turn down that funding — nearly $2 million a year — as the Trump administration enforces new restrictions on what its providers can tell clients about abortion. The rejection of funds from the Title X National Family Planning Program means Maine Family Planning, which has been Maine’s grantee for the federal funds for nearly 50 years, will forfeit about 30 percent of its revenue, according to Deirdre Fulton-McDonough, spokeswoman for the Augusta-based organization.