AUGUSTA, Maine, April 1 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on March 31, 2026: * * * Emergency bill to better protect the public when hospital birthing centers are slated to close goes to Governor's desk LD 2189, a bill recommended by the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care to better protect patients and the public when birthing centers are slated to close passed unanimously in the Senate today, following a vote of 116 to 8 in the House of Representatives last week. Th  more