legislative efforts.
Pro-life advocacy.
Maine Right to Life actively engages in legislative advocacy to promote pro-life values. Our organization works closely with state legislators to draft, support, and advance bills that protect the sanctity of life at all stages. Through lobbying efforts, public awareness campaigns, and grassroots mobilization, we encourage citizens to voice their support for pro-life legislation.
We also monitor legislative developments to oppose measures that could expand access to abortion or legalize practices like assisted suicide. By providing expert testimony and educating policymakers, the organization seeks to influence state laws to align with its mission of preserving and defending human life.
current bills.
The 132nd Maine legislature is now in its first session of two years (two sessions). We are watching Legislation that might affect LIFE issues in Maine. This page will be updated as more bills are added and as we better understand the intent of the listed bills and the schedules become clearer for the work of each bill.
(Our intent is to update this page weekly on Fridays)
Update 5/16/25: Legislative Committees are wrapping up, there are a few scheduled at this point next week. Given all the bills that were written have not been “printed,” I would assume that some are being carried over to next year, 2026 for working. The “Gender” and women’s safety bills are set for Work Session on Tuesday, May 20 at 1pm.
Update 4/25/25: Did you know you can Live Stream Maine House, Maine State Senate and all Maine Legislative Committees? Go to Maine.gov and search Legislature, go to the entity you want to follow and see Live Stream.
concept draft bills.
This means the intent of the bill is not being presented at this point. We do not yet know if we will support or oppose the content/intent of the bill.
LD 335 – An Act To Safeguard Reproductive Rights
Sponsor: Representative Kuhn
Committee: Judiciary
LD 426 – An Act to Protect the Human Rights of Individuals in the State
Sponsor: Rep. Kuhn
Committee: Judiciary
LD 524 – An Act to Reduce Trafficking in the State
Sponsor: Representative Kuhn
Committee: Judiciary
LD 695 – An Act Regarding the Laws of the State of Maine
Sponsor: Senator Pierce
Committee: State and Local
LD 766 – An Act to Protect the Children of Maine
Sponsor: Rep. Meyer
Committee: Health and Human Services
Work Session: May 15, 2025
bills we neither support/oppose
LD 975 – An Act to Repeal Laws Allowing Abortion and to Criminalize Abortion
Sponsor: Representative Griffin.
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: This bill seeks to end abortion in Maine. It also seeks to criminalize all people involved in a future abortion.
Public Hearing: March 28, 2025 at 9:30am
Update: Sponsor asked the Judiciary to stop this bill from proceeding. Committee Votes: Ought Not To Pass
bills we support.
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LD 1930 An Act Regarding Acts of Violence Committed Against a Pregnant Woman
Sponsor: Rep. Paul
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: This bill provides that for certain provisions of the Maine Criminal Code, including those governing murder, manslaughter and assault, the term “person” or “human being” includes an unborn child. Exceptions are included for an act committed by the mother of an unborn child, a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed medical professional at the request of a mother of an unborn child or the mother’s legal guardian or the lawful dispensation or administration of lawfully prescribed medication.
Public Hearing: May 19, 2025
LD 492 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for Parental Rights
Sponsor: Representative Poirer
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: Parental Rights Affirmation
Public Hearing: March 4, 2025 at 1pm
Committee votes: Ought Not To Pass
House Vote: Waiting
Senate Vote: Waiting
LD 253 – An Act to Prevent the MaineCare Program from Covering Abortion Services
Sponsor: Representative Javner
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: This Legislation would stop Maine from funding abortions.
Public Hearing: March 28, 2025 at 9:30am
Committee Votes: Ought not to pass.
House Vote: Waiting
Senate Vote: Waiting
LD 682 – An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Abortions
Sponsor: Senator Haggan
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: This legislation would “reset” Maine law to how it was prior to LD 1619 and LD 227.
Public Hearing: March 28, 2025 at 9:30am
Committee Votes: Ought not to pass.
House Vote: Waiting
Senate Vote: Waiting
LD 886 – An Act to Regulate Medication Abortions
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: Puts structure on the abortion pill process. Requires licensed professionals and mandates information about the abortion pill process be shared with the women including the reversal process.
Public Hearing: March 28, 2025 at 9:30am
Committee Votes: Ought not to pass.
House Vote: Waiting
Senate Vote: Waiting
LD 887 – An Act to Make Manufacturers Responsible for Proper Disposal of Abortion Drugs and Require a Health Care Provider to Be Physically Present During a Chemical Abortion
Sponsor: Rep. Paul
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: Common sense policy allowing the women to understand the ramifications of what she is choosing to do, that someone will be there with her. It also regulates medical waste bags and regulates disposal of abortion drugs.
Public Hearing: March 28, 2025 at 9:30am
Committee Votes: Ought not to pass.
House Vote: Waiting
Senate Vote: Waiting
LD 1007 – An Act to Update the State’s Informed Consent Laws Regarding Drug-Induced Abortion
Sponsor: Rep. Paul
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: Health care professional must inform the women of the possibilities of abortion reversal medication.
Public Hearing: March 28, 2025 at 9:30am
Committee Votes: Ought not to pass.
House Vote: Waiting
Senate Vote: Waiting
LD 1154 – An Act to Require That Informed Consent for Abortion Include Information on Perinatal Hospice
Sponsor: Representative Paul
Committee: Judiciary
Public Hearing: March 28, 2025 at 9:30am
Committee Votes: Ought not to pass.
House Vote: Waiting
Senate Vote: Waiting
LD 1254 An Act to Expand the Licensing of Outpatient Surgical Facilities
Sponsor: Rep. Collins
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: We asked for this bill and Rep. Collins worked it for us. This bill would make Abortion Centers be required to have health and safety inspections like Maine Healthcare organizations must. Are you surprised they are not required to be safe and clean?
Public Hearing: March 31, 2025
Update: The sponsor discovered issues in her bill and has asked for it to be stopped, she intends to rework the bill and resubmit in the next session.
LD 1716 An Act to Require Family Life Education to Include a Human Growth and Development Curriculum
Sponsor: Sen. Guerin
Committee: Health and Human Services
Our Thoughts: This bill promotes that if public education is teaching health and development…it must be balanced and show/teach fetal development from fertilization and through the various steps of fetal development. Information is power.
Public Hearing: April 28, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Work Session: May 8, 2025 at 1:00pm
Committee Votes: Ought to Pass
bills we oppose.
LD 260 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish That All Maine Residents Have Equal Rights Under The Law (Equal Rights Amendment bill).
Sponsor: Representative Sargent Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: This is the Equal Rights Amendment bill which suggests ERA for women but in fact is about abortion and gender rights. This is legislation that is posted in Maine every other year.
Public Hearing: March 4, 2025 at 1pm
Committee votes: Ought To Pass.
House Vote: (74-69) Passed
Senate Vote: Passed
This bill is defeated. It did not reach the needed 2/3rds majority vote.
LD 1418 – An Act to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care, Including Fertility Treatments and Contraceptives
Sponsor: Sen. Nangle
Committee: Health and Human Services
Our Thoughts: This bill prohibits the Commissioner of Health and Human Services from adopting rules that place a ban or restrictions on access to reproductive health care. MRTL would be against this.
Public Hearing: April 17th at 1:00 pm.
Update: Bill Tabled until next year.
LD 143 – An Act to Improve Women’s Health and Economic Security by Funding Family Planning Services
Sponsor: Sen. Pierce
Committee: Health and Human Services
Our Thoughts: This legislation seeks to reward failure. Planned Parenthood New England (ME, NH and VT) announced they were going to be $8,000,000 in deficit over the next 3 years. This bill would give 1 entity over $6,000,000 this year and next, approaching a $13,000,000 gift to a business. Maine can not afford this, should not do it anyway. Pro Life supporters spoke passionately against this bill on the House Floor. Multiple legislators suggested there are no requirements to how the money is used even as PPH “promises” not to use it on abortion.
Public Hearing: March 10, 2025 at 10:00am
Work Session: March 21, 2025 at 10:00am
Committee Votes: Ought to pass.
Senate Vote: (21-13) Passed
House Vote: Passed
Funding of this bill still to be determined: One more hurdle for this money give-away is that bills that pass with monies attached to the legislation go to what legislators call “the table.” As the session ends, the legislature will see what “flexible” monies it has left and then each party looks to use their portion of the available funds to fund bills. Most will not get funded. In a sense, many bills will pass but with no funding and will not be enacted. The drama will be that in a failing and “hurting” state, will the majority bail out Maine people or a business who pumps a lot of money into endorsements?
LD 94 – An Act to Eliminate Miscarriage Reporting Requirements
Sponsor: Representative Graham
Committee: Health and Human Services
Our Thoughts: There is a national movement to stop documenting abortions, this would seem to play into that.
Public Hearing: March 24, 2025 at 1:00pm
Committee Votes: Ought to pass.
House Vote: Waiting
Senate Vote: Waiting
LD 194 – An Act to Improve the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act
Sponsor: Representative Lee
Committee: Judiciary
Our Thoughts: We have heard concerns this bill is drafted to harm Maine’s Pregnancy Resource Centers
Public Hearing: March 3, 2025 at 9:30am
Waiting for work session
LD 613 – An Act To Amend The Maine Death With Dignity to Ensure Access For Qualified Patients
Sponsor: Representative Meyer
Committee: Health and Human Services
Our Thoughts: Waives the process and speeds up the event.
Public Hearing: April 11, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Work Session: May 1, 2025
2nd Work Session: May 16, 2025
support pro-life legislation & legislators.
pro-life legislation as well as blocking legislation harmful to the protection of life.
2026 Maine Elections
Candidates are starting to enter the Maine US Senate (Susan Collins seat) and Maine Governor’s (Open) races. As of April 25, 2025, these folks have announced:
get involved by attending and/or Providing testimony at a public hearing.
Visit Maine.gov for explanations and instructions for testifying.
Visit the Legislative Committee’s on-line calendar.
- Be prepared for the day. Depending on the number of people testifying, it could go for many hours.
- Testimony is usually 1-3 minutes long per person.
- Personal short stories or experiences related to the bill are especially impactful.
- Bring 20 paper copies of your testimony with you to give the committee
- See example below on how to address the committee in verbal and written testimonies.
- Submit testimony online directly on www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/
- Personal short stories or experiences related to the bill are especially impactful
- Know the LD# and committee
- See the example below on how to address the committee in verbal and written testimonies.
(Note: start with addressing the Senator and Representative leads of the committee and the committee itself, state who you are and where you are from, state if you support/oppose, and the LD# and title of the bill and sponsor.)
Judiciary Committee example:
Senator Carney and Representative Kuhn and distinguished members of the Maine Judiciary Committee. My name is __________ from __(town)___. I am here to testify in _____support of/opposition of_____
______LD# and bill title and sponsor_____.
Health and Human Services Committee example:
Senator Ingwersen and Representative Meyer and distinguished members of the Maine Health and Human Services Committee. My name is __________ from __(town)___. I am here to testify in _____support of/opposition of_______LD# and bill title and sponsor_____.
Maine State and Local Government Committee example:
Senator Baldacci and Representative Salisbury and distinguished members of the Maine State and Local Government Committee. My name is _________, from ___(town)___. I am here to testify in ____support/opposition of____ ____LD# and bill title and sponsor____.