Sen. Bailey earns perfect score for voting record to protect reproductive rights

Posted: November 02, 2021 | Senator Bailey

AUGUSTA – Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco, earned a perfect score from Planned Parenthood Maine for protecting reproductive rights and access to health care for Mainers. Sen. Bailey is one of 22 senators to earn a perfect score for their 2021 voting record from Planned Parenthood Maine.

“Watching the news across the country – especially in states like Mississippi, Ohio and Texas – where reproductive rights are being rolled back, I’m proud to promote and protect those rights here in Maine,” said Sen. Bailey. “During this past session, we made great progress ensuring access to abortion and reproductive health care. I look forward to doing even more to empower Mainers when the Legislature reconvenes in January.”

Despite overwhelming public support for abortion access across the country, states enacted more than 100 abortion restrictions in a single year, including the draconian Texas abortion ban. Although the Maine Legislature debated a similar proposal, state lawmakers stood together to reject harmful bills and protect Mainers’ access to abortion and reproductive health care.

In the Legislature, Sen. Bailey voted against legislation that would have required health care professionals to erroneously tell a pregnant woman that it may be possible to reverse the effects of an abortion-inducing drug, removed abortion coverage under MaineCare, forced a pregnant woman to undergo an ultrasound and receive information about alternatives to abortion at least 48 hours before she could have an abortion.

Planned Parenthood scored Maine legislators on their votes on six bills that sought to undermine access to abortion in the state. One of the proposals rejected by lawmakers advocated for a practice that is medically dangerous and, in some cases, life-threatening to the patient.

Planned Parenthood provides reproductive and other health care services, including abortion care, immunizations and cancer screenings.

The complete Maine Senate legislative scorecard can be found here.

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