LD 616, An Act to Protect Health Care Professionals Providing Reproductive Health Care Services

This law, consistent with Governor Mills’ 2022 Executive Order, strengthens protections for healthcare providers so that they may offer care to people traveling to Maine for abortion care. It prohibits an insurer that provides medical malpractice insurance in Maine from discriminating or taking any adverse action against a healthcare professional who provides abortion or other reproductive healthcare services on the sole basis that the healthcare professional is acting in violation of another state's law or is subject to an adverse action against the healthcare professional's license in another state.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: July 17, 2024

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About the Reproductive Freedom Alliance

The Reproductive Freedom Alliance (RFA) is a nonpartisan coalition of 23 governors working together to protect and expand reproductive freedom across the United States. By supporting state policy change, RFA has helped equip governors with the tools to protect and expand access to reproductive health care, defend the rights of patients and providers, and advance state policies to safeguard reproductive freedom. RFA is supported by GovAct, a nonpartisan nonprofit initiative that helps governors work across state lines to champion fundamental freedoms and improve people’s lives.