Mabel Wadsworth Center

12/21/2025

Heads up--we will be closed Wednesday December 24th and Thursday December 25th!

12/19/2025

This holiday season, join us in pledging to protect Maine values: respect, acceptance and belonging. We are committed to making sure our schools and communities are welcoming, inclusive places for all Mainers, and to protecting the promise of the Maine Human Rights Act for all Maine students.

Help make sure transgender students are still included in its protections: decline to sign the anti-trans ballot petition and follow us - the Maine Women's Lobby, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders - GLAD Law and EqualityMaine - for more ways to get involved.

12/16/2025

Trans people of all ages, including trans youth, deserve autonomy over their bodies! Contact your Representative (Rep. Golden if you're in CD2) and ask them to oppose these horrendous bills.

12/11/2025

Check out this blog post from one of our fabulous interns exploring concerning trends around youth and engagement with kink.

"We know p**n can be harmful and that it’s easy to shift the blame onto the internet, but we also know that shaming those who lack healthy resources won’t make them stop what they’re doing. Shame leads to guilt, repression, and anger."

Check it out at the link below!

https://www.mabelwadsworth.org/2025/12/10/kink-engagement-among-youth-and-concerns/

12/10/2025

Happy !
Hate speech is not an 'opinion.' An opinion is, "I don't like coffee," it's not something that is racist, homophobic, sexist, or transphobic.
Each and everyone one of us should be able to live our lives the way we want - free from discrimination, oppression and violence. ✊️
[Illustration of a person with blue skin and long flowing blonde hair. They have a blue denim jacket, blue baseball hat and a pride flag and trans flag patch. There's a speech bubble next to their mouth with a heart, and the text reads, 'Hate is not an opinion.']

12/09/2025

Our friends at Abortion Care Network have released the 2025 Communities Need Clinics report, and it affirms so much of what we already know. Indie clinics are leading the alway in providing essential care, especially when and where others do not. Collectively, not only the majority of abortions in the US, but also in the most politically hostile states. And we collectively do it while being underresourced!

Indie clinics not only work to provide abortion care, but do so with compassion, respect, and dignity. Indies do this while under political attack and while facing increasing harassment, violence, and legal threats. We know that even with these challenges and opposition, abortions are normal, common, essential care.

What can you do?
✨️Donate directly to your local independent clinic or to Keep Our Clinics to support indies across the US
✨️Not sure who your local indie is? Check out ineedanA.com to find your local clinic!
✨️Volunteer for your local clinic
✨️Share this report and talk about abortion!

Find the report here: https://abortioncarenetwork.org/cnc2025/

You can donate to Mabel's at mabelwadsworth.org/donate

12/05/2025

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12/05/2025

We’re calling on LGBTQIA+ individuals everywhere to share their stories, challenges, and hopes for the future. Each response helps us better understand community needs and advocate for lasting change.
This is your chance to help shape the next chapter in LGBTQIA+ rights and health care. Add your voice today - our future is built on stories like yours.

This survey is for folks 15+ who are either part of the LGBTQIA+ community, or who work with them!

https://csbsutah.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9WyKRPONJuL67Yy?org=MabelWadsworth

12/02/2025

We hope you got your milk and bread ahead of the storm!

Mabel Wadsworth Center will be operating remotely this afternoon due to the weather. This means phone call returns may be a bit delayed, but patients can send messages via the patient portal or by email to info@mabelwadsworth.org.

12/02/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday, a day focused on giving back to our communities by supporting organizations that do important work. Over the years, Giving Tuesday has evolved into a global movement that helps uplift countless nonprofits with financial support. We hope that this Giving Tuesday, you'll support Mabel Wadsworth Center and the work we do.

You can give the gift of feminist healthcare by donating to Mabel Wadsworth Center today. 2025 has brought both new challenges and opportunities to our work, and through it we have continued to provide healthcare, advocacy, and education to the greater Bangor community. We know that the future holds both uncertainty and attacks to the whole spectrum of sexual and reproductive care--one thing we are certain of though is that Mabel's will continue to advocate for and provide essential services like abortion care, contraceptives, gender-affirming care, and more. This would not be possible without supporters like you!


Here are some of the ways your gift helps us serve our clients and fulfill our mission:

*$35 helps us to offer a pregnancy test and an options counseling visit for one client.

*$100 covers the cost for staff and advocacy volunteers to travel to Augusta to advocate for reproductive justice and educate state lawmakers.

*$500 helps cover abortion care to a patient in need.

*$1,000 provides training to educate the next generation of sexual and reproductive healthcare providers.

2025 has held its share of challenges and joys, both for Mabel Wadsworth Center and our community. Like many independent clinics across the country, we faced financial challenges while holding steadfast to provide essential care to those who need it. Additionally, we had the opportunity to work alongside others for our feminist futures, from partner organizations here in Maine to indie clinics across the country in a meeting with Gloria Steinem at her home.

A gift of any amount supports our work to provide much-needed healthcare to our community. At a time when clinics like ours are closing at alarming rates across the country, this help is more important than ever.

mabelwadsworth.org/donate

12/01/2025

Another benefit of access to medication to treat HIV? U=U! People living with HIV on the right meds can achieve Undetectable status, meaning that the meds are doing their job, and keeping the virus well under control. If someone is Undetectable, it also means they are Untransmittable and can't transmit the virus to others. Medication is amazing!

The biggest risk factor for HIV is right in the acronym--being human. If you're a person who is sexually active, regardless of who that is with, you deserve regular testing to take care of your health. If you would like to be scheduled for HIV testing at Mabel Wadsworth Center, you can call our office at 207-947-5337 or send an email to info@mabelwadsworth.org.

🎗️ It's , a time to show support for people living with & those who lost their lives to AIDS.

❤️ It’s important to know that today, people with HIV live long & happy lives thanks to access to ART.

❤️ People living with HIV deserve care not punishment.

Digital illustration of a Black fem with long curly hair. She’s wearing a white shirt that reads, “Living with HIV doesn't define me.” She’s also wearing gray jeans, a red ribbon and a black choker necklace. Behind her is a sky of gray clouds and a moon.

11/28/2025

It's that time of the month--join us for our last episode of the Fall 2025 Season! Our host Aspen is back with more hot takes--this time, focusing on body hair and its removal, particularly through a gendered lens. When did it become common for women in the US to remove their body hair, and why? Why do so many razor commercials targeted at women feature a woman shaving her already hairless legs? What makes so many men insist that women having body hair is unhygienic? Join Aspen as they strive to answer these questions and more on this episode of Reproductive Left!

Image: Billie via Unsplash

Listen at our SoundCloud (linked below) or anywhere you enjoy podcasts.

https://soundcloud.com/mabelwadsworth/aspens-hot-takes-body-hair