We Are Not Going Anywhere
Since our founding in 1984, Mabel Wadsworth Center has been dedicated to serving the Greater Bangor area and beyond as an independent feminist sexual and reproductive health center. Over the years, we’ve expanded our services to meet the needs of our community, and now provide a range of services including abortion care, prenatal care, STI testing and treatment, contraception, gender-affirming hormone therapy, vasectomies, and more.
We are not going anywhere.
As an independent clinic, we do not seek or receive restrictive state or federal funding. This means we can provide the care our community needs without meddling from politicians or having our funding suddenly pulled out from under us. It means we have to get more creative and lean on our supporters, but it is well worth it to provide normal, needed healthcare without overreaching government interference.
We are not going anywhere.
It is okay to feel afraid right now. This is true for everyone, and especially true for LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC folks, disabled people, and all other marginalized communities who have reason to fear for their rights. To quote Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” We are, all of us, more important than fear. Working together for a kinder world and coming together as a community is more important than fear.
We are not going anywhere.
Maine has laws protecting abortion care and gender-affirming care. Maine has people dedicated to providing and protecting access to the whole range of sexual and reproductive healthcare across the state. Along with the staff at Mabel’s in Bangor, we have our friends at Planned Parenthood in southern Maine and Maine Family Planning throughout the state providing care and community engagement. We have legislators and advocates in Augusta fighting for laws that further strengthen protections for the care we provide. We have the people of Maine who recognize how essential all sexual and reproductive care is leading conversations in their communities. We have SAFE Maine funding abortion so people can get the care they need.
We are not going anywhere.
Mabel’s has been here for 40 years. We are unquestionably dedicated to providing the care our community needs. We will weather the storm. We know that abortion care, contraception, and gender-affirming care are particularly under attack, and we will not stop providing or advocating for these essential, normal services.
We are not going anywhere.