Tag: Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision

Maine Currents 3/8/17

“Our Rights At Risk- Why the Courts Matter”, a discussion held in Bangor last week, featuring panelists Andrea Irwin, Executive Director of the Mabel Wadsworth Center (mabelwadsworth.org), Eliza Townsend, Executive Director of the Maine Women’s Lobby (mainewomen.org/mwl), and Nicole Golden-Bouchard, Attorney, Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance (sprucerun.net)

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by Abbie Strout and edited by Amy Browne

Maine Currents- independent local news, views and culture, every Wednesday at 4pm on WERU-FM and weru.org

WERU News Report 7/15/14

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

People lined the sidewalk outside the Hobby Lobby in Bangor Saturday to protest the recent Supreme Court decision allowing the company to deny health insurance coverage for birth control methods the owners oppose on religious grounds. The protest was organized by the Mabel Wadsworth Center. We spoke with their Education and Outreach Coordinator Abbie Strout, and with many of the participants:

FMI: http://www.mabelwadsworth.org