PrEP is one incredible tool in the toolbox for protecting yourself against HIV! When you take care of your health, you're also taking care of the health of your community.
In the fight against HIV, it's also essential that we don't stigmatize people living with HIV--getting sick is one of the things humans are best at. People living with HIV can live long, healthy, happy lives when they have access to the right medications. In fact, folks living with HIV on the right meds can achieve an "undetectable" status, meaning that they can't transmit the virus to others (U=U). Yay science!
Thinking about putting some PrEP in your step? Contact our office by phone at 207-947-5337 or by sending an email to info@mabelwadsworth.org to schedule an appointment!
03/17/2026
In just over a week, we'll be joining our friends from Maine Family Planning, SAFE Maine, and Maine Doula Coalition for this fantastic info session! Join us to learn about changes to healthcare access and connect with resources. This is a family friendly event, and we'll have a kids' craft corner along with refreshments!
Where: Moore Community Center, 125 State St, Ellsworth
When: Thursday 3/26 5:30pm-7pm
03/14/2026
It's Pi(e) Day! 3.14, today's date and the first few digits of pi, is often celebrated with pie. Celebrate pi(e) day with a vasectomy! You can schedule a consult with us by calling our office at 207-947-5337 or by sending an email to info@mabelwadsworth.org.
03/10/2026
Care is our legacy and our promise to the future. Independent abortion clinics like Mabel Wadsworth Center are part of the long history of abortion care in the United States. You can support our work and celebrate abortion providers directly by donating at mabelwadsworth.org/donate or supporting providers across the country by going to keepourclinics.org/
We hope that today and every day, you join us to
03/10/2026
Abortion will be here as long as we're here. At Mabel Wadsworth Center, we show up every day because our community deserves care they can trust. There have always been abortion providers, and there will ALWAYS be abortion providers like us.
On this Abortion Provider Appreciation Day (and every day!), we
Thank you infinitely to our friends at Abortion Care Network and Keep Our Clinics
03/09/2026
Speaking of Women's History Month--the SAVE Act would disenfranchise many voters and essentially impose a poll tax. Some of the people who would be most impacted are those who have done any sort of name change, which includes trans folks and married women who took their spouses' last names.
Contact your Senators and tell them you oppose the SAVE Act and this attack on voting rights!
Trump claimed yesterday he wouldn't sign any bills into law until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, an unnecessary and draconian piece of legislation that would disenfranchise millions of Americans by making it harder to vote by requiring documentary proof of citizenship, like a birth certificate or passport.
Right now, the Senate does not have the votes to pass this bill. You can help make sure this legislation does not pass by contacting Sens. Collins and King and reminding them that their constituents already soundly rejected a similar proposal - Question 1 in the 2025 elections - and that the will of Maine people must be respected.
This bill will make it dramatically harder for married women, military voters, families who have survived natural disasters, people of color and the HALF of American adults who do not possess a passport to exercise their right to vote. With a historically important election on the horizon, it's more important than ever to protect our elections and our democracy.
Click the link in our comments to let your Senators know.
03/09/2026
March is Women's History Month, and yesterday, March 8th, was International Women's Day.
Women have always played essential roles in history and in their communities, even when their legacy and work aren't honored. There are those like Mabel Sine Wadsworth, Marsha P. Johnson, and Loretta J. Ross whose names and incredible work are known. There are those like Rosalind Franklin, the true discoverer of the shape of DNA whose work was plagiarized by men, who are known but don't receive the credit they deserve. Of course, there are those whose names are not simply lost to time, but were deliberately erased from history.
There is no history or future without women, and that must always include women of all experiences. Black women, disabled women, trans women, poor women, immigrant women, Indigenous women, and more are women whose histories and futures matter.
03/09/2026
Two-in-one lobby day for two essential and entwined topics! Check out the comments on the original post for the registration links.
03/08/2026
Empowered women empower (all) women. Happy !
Digital illustration of two women. On the left is a brown woman with a bob haircut with her back turned. She’s smiling with her hand on her hip. She’s wearing a dress with different heart characters printed on it with a green sweater vest. Her sweater reads, ‘empowered women empower women.’ On the right is a Latina woman with blonde hair who is looking at you. She is wearing a glittery star-print bodysuit and pink ombré jeans. In her back pocket is a trans flag.
03/06/2026
Join us and our friends at Maine Family Planning, SAFE Maine, and Maine Doula Coalition at the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth on March 26th! At this info session, we'll be talking all about shifts in access to healthcare in the area, including changes around Medicaid (MaineCare). Refreshments will be provided, and there will be a kids' craft corner!
It is everyone's responsibility to do right by LGBTQ+ youth, and this conference is a great opportunity for those in a school setting to gain knowledge and resources!
In case you missed it - EqualityMaine is offering an all-day LGBTQ+ Informed Su***de Prevention Training institute at the Safer Schools Conference!
This training is for school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and LPCs - join us to enhance your skills in supporting LGBTQ+ students with EqualityMaine’s day-long interactive Safety Plan Intervention (SPI) Training! Participate in engaging discussions, explore real-world applications, and connect with fellow professionals. This training will incorporate the QueerCare Model to bring empathy, cultural humility, and identity awareness to crisis planning and use Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) to create effective, evidence-based safety plans for LGBTQ+ youth.
It's everyone's favorite time of the month--Reproductive Left! In our second episode of the Winter 2026 season, we dive into LARCs (long-acting reversible contraceptives). What kinds are there? How do they work? What's the deal with pain management (especially with IUDs)? Answer these questions and more in this month's episode of Reproductive Left! Listen at our SoundCloud linked below, or anywhere you enjoy podcasts.
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Founded in 1984, Mabel Wadsworth Center is the only private, not-for-profit, independent feminist health center in Maine and one of fourteen in the United States. The Center began “from conversations around a kitchen table.” From a vision of an alternative model for women’s health care delivery and self-empowerment that is still emphasized today, the Center has grown to provide abortion care, contraception, annual exams, cancer screenings, prenatal care, hormone therapy to transgender clients, and other critical services to thousands across northern and eastern Maine. In 2016, we also began seeing people of all genders, including cisgender men, to better meet the needs of our community and demonstrate our commitment to inclusivity.
In addition to direct clinical care, our mission calls upon us to educate and advocate to challenge the root causes of inequities that affect women’s health and lives. Therefore, except for direct reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, the organization does not accept state or federal government funding, ensuring we remain truly independent.
In the early 1980s, when President Reagan was threatening a gag rule, meaning clinics that received federal funding would not be able to even talk about abortion as an option, it became clear that there was a need for a clinic in Bangor that was free from the strings that come attached to government funding. The Center has never wavered from its decision to forego federal or state funding and this commitment remains a strong part of our values today.
Our Founders:
Sharon Barker
Ruth L. Lockhart
Terry Marley-DeRosier
Mabel Sine Wadsworth
Phil Worden
Our Mission:
To provide health care using a feminist model focused on sexual and reproductive health through education, advocacy, and clinical services.
Our Values:
We empower people to celebrate their sexual and reproductive lives and make informed decisions about their own bodies.
We provide compassionate, non-judgmental, client-centered care regardless of a person’s age, ability, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, economic resources, religion, immigration status, and gender identity or expression.
We seek to offer a gender-affirming and inclusive environment so that all people feel safe and welcome.
We neither seek nor accept government funding (other than direct reimbursements for clinical care) so we may remain independent and ensure a continued, uncensored voice in reproductive rights policy, education, and advocacy.
We advocate for meaningful access to abortion care for all people and believe that abortion care is part of the full spectrum of reproductive health care.
We strive to contribute to and engage with the broader reproductive justice movement by working to identify and lift all barriers to reproductive healthcare.
We honor the unique and diverse experiences of women’s lives as a feminist organization in Maine for the enrichment of all people.
Our Services:
Abortion Care
Annual Wellness Exams
Birth Control
Cancer Screenings
Colposcopy
Infertility Consultation
LGBTQ+ Healthcare
Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
Men’s Health
Menopause Consultation
Mental Health Counseling
Pregnancy Testing and Options
Prenatal Care
Sexually Transmitted Infections Testing and Treatment
Vaginal Infection Testing and Treatment
Awards:
Maine Civil Liberties Union's Roger Baldwin Award (1995)
Maine Association of Social Workers Agency of the Year Award (1995)
Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance Award (1998)
Maine Association of Non-Profits' Dirigo Award for Non-Profit Excellence (2009)
Maine Initiatives' Watering Can Award for Helping Feminism Flower (2012)
ACLU of Maine's Roger Baldwin Award (2016)
EqualityMaine's Community Partner Award (2017)
MaineTransNet's Brick Award for Healthcare Excellence (2019)
