In 1984 Lockhart and four other women's health activists founded the Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center in Bangor. The center, named in honor of Mabel Sine Wadsworth, a pioneering birth control activist and women's health educator in Maine, was formulated as a private nonprofit in response to President Reagan's enforcement of the global gag rule in 1984, which prohibited federally-funded programs from handling abortions. The center continues to rely on community donations to fund its operations.
