Governor Janet T. Mills (D) Appearing on MSNBC’s  “Morning Joe” During Her Recent Trip  to DC by the National Governors Association Winter Meeting on February 10, 2023.

Former State Rep from Portland, Dick Farnsworth, at a Lincoln Park Pro-Abortion Rally a Few Years Ago.

Aurora, 3, of Gray, Holds Her Own Sign at a Rally in Portland Several Years Ago.

Governor Janet T. Mills (D), the first woman Governor of Maine, today joined 19 fellow Govenors launching the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, (RFA) a multi-state coaltion focused on protecting and expanding reproductive freedom.

The non-partisan Alliance, open to all governors who support reproductive rights, is the largest coalition of its type ever assembled.  Founding members have committed to work collaboratively to expand reproductive rights in their states and to fight efforts to restrict access to abortion and other forms of reproductive healthcare.

“The Supreme Court’s wrongheaded decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has left more than half the people in America without access to safe abortion and it has unleased an unprcedented wave of new threats to reproductive healthcare. While we have strong abortion laws in Maine, this moment requires that states come together to stand for and safeguard reproductive freedom wherever and whenever possible,” said Governor Janet T. Mills.  “I’m proud to join the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, and, so long as I am Governor of Maine, I will work to protect and strengthen reproductive rights in our state.”

“In the last year alone over 36 million women have lost access to critical healthcare with the overturning of Roe v. Wade.  Medication abortion – one of the safest forms of healthcare for decades now – may be stripped from our clinics and hospitals nationwide.  Doctors face criminal prosecution for providing care.  Extremiss are tryig to restrict access to contraception – and we know they won’t stop there,” said the Governors in a joint statement.  “In the face of this unprecedented assault by states hostile to abortion rights and their enablers in the courts, we are pledging to work together to strengthen abortion firewalls across America.  Thi fight isn’t over”

Collective, Governors founding the Alliance represent 167 million people according to the press release issued by Ben Goodman of the the Governor’ office this morning.