Abortion Rights Group Targets Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ Repro Record Ahead of Midterms

September 8, 2026:

Abortion Rights Group Targets Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ Repro Record Ahead of Midterms

Plus, Idaho judge walks back abortion ruling and more than 20 states sue Trump administration over anti-trans Medicaid rule.

Photograph of protesters outside of the U.S. Supreme Court. One sign reads "Abortion is a personal, not a legal debate."

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s what you need to know from the past week’s biggest stories.

Repro groups campaign against Collins

Abortion advocacy group Reproductive Freedom for All announced last week it was spending $250,000 on a mail campaign designed to unseat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in the midterms. The organization said the campaign will remind voters that Collins voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who played a critical role in overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. The effort comes as women in the state, some of whom have voted for Collins in the past, are weighing Collins’ abortion record as they decide their ballot this November.

Idaho narrows abortion ruling

Abortion access was further restricted again in Idaho last month. On Aug. 14, a federal judge ruled doctors in the state were allowed to provide life and health-preserving abortions to patients in the state. Then, on Aug. 27, he limited the order to only include Dr. Stacey Seyb, the plaintiff in the case. The decision, which was prompted by an appeal by Idaho’s attorney general, cited a 2025 Supreme Court ruling barring universal injunctions as the reason for why the ruling would only apply to one physician while the case proceeds in court.

States sue Trump over youth gender-affirming care

Twenty-one states and Washington, D.C. sued the Trump administration on Sept. 2 over its August rule barring Medicaid funds from paying for gender-affirming care for adolescents. “The Trump administration’s latest attack on access to gender-affirming care for young people unlawfully undermines states’ authority to regulate health care and tries to strip health-care access from vulnerable kids,” Mass. AG Andrea Joy Campbell said in a statement. Most Republican states already don’t gender-affirming care for minors.

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