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BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 7TH: A patient drives from one hour north to check on her Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder at Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 7th, 2022. She is being seen by Melissa Libby, nurse midwife. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

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BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 7TH: Room ready for abortion procedure at Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 7th, 2022. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 7TH: A patient comes for a regular visit at Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 7th, 2022. She returns every six months after the birth of her son 1.5 years ago. She developed gestational hypertension while pregnant with him. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

The Washington Post - In rural America, the crisis of disappearing reproductive care steals lives.

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BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 6TH: A portrait of Julia McDonald, Medical Director of Abortion Services at Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 6th, 2022. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 7TH: A patient receives a Depo-Provera shot, a contraceptive injection after receving an abortion at Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 7th, 2022. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

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BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 6TH: Abortion signs in downtown Bangor, Maine on September 6th, 2022. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

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BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 7TH: A Family Medicine Practitioner, 36, walks into the room for abortion procudure at Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 7th, 2022. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 7TH: A patient waits for an ultrasound before receving abortion pills at Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 7th, 2022. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

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BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 7TH: Providers fill out paper work after an abortion procedure at Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 7th, 2022. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

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BANGOR, ME - SEPTEMBER 7TH: road to Mabel Wadsworth Center, Bangor, Maine on September 7th, 2022. (Photo by Sofia Aldinio for the Washington Post) Bangor United States

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The Washington Post - In rural America, the crisis of disappearing reproductive care steals lives.

sofia aldinio

Nov 30, 2022

Location: Bangor, Maine

In an ideal maternal health system, all women would have access to comprehensive, seamless medical care with links to behavioral, economic and social supports. For women in rural communities, where providers are scarce, geography can be isolating and transportation is limited, care is far from ideal. A woman’s health clinic in central Maine dedicated to sexual and reproductive care is doing its best to stand in the breach.

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