Republican lawmakers are suggesting that Maine Attorney General Janet Mills resign over a bill she has pushed forward that would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform abortions. The bill is raising the hackles of anti-abortion conservatives, but it could also bolster Mills’ image as a defender of abortion rights as she seeks the […]
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ACLU, Planned Parenthood sue to expand abortion access in Maine
Leslie Sneddon, left, makes a point at an anti-abortion protest outside a Planned Parenthood clinic at 443 Congress St. in downtown Portland in 2014. PORTLAND (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that challenges a Maine restriction common across most of the U.S. that abortions be performed […]
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Senate, House disagree on bill some fear could lead to abortion restrictions
AUGUSTA — A measure that would create new legal rights for a fetus has divided lawmakers as closely as possible. The Senate voted 18-17 Tuesday to endorse a measure that would grant legal rights to a viable fetus, a proposal the House opposed recently by a 72-71 margin. In short, the proposal has exactly as many […]
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By a single vote, House knocks out bill sought by pro-life activists
AUGUSTA — By a single vote, the House Friday opposed a measure that would allow the family of a viable fetus at least 24 weeks old who dies before birth to bring a wrongful death suit. Opponents worry the proposal is meant to jam a foot in the door by abortion foes in the hope […]
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Lawmakers debate bill to allow wrongful-death suits for fetuses
AUGUSTA — A proposal to allow families to file wrongful-death lawsuits after a fetus dies is sparking disagreement in Maine, where some say the measure is an attack on reproductive rights. Backers of the bill say it’s a way for families to seek financial damages when a fetus dies due to neglect or default by […]
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March for Life: Thousands assemble at Washington Monument
WASHINGTON — Thousands of abortion opponents gathered in cold, blustery weather near the Washington Monument Friday and heard Vice President Mike Pence tell the annual March for Life that the Trump administration is determined to advance the fight against abortion. “We will not grow weary,” he said in a ten-minute addresss to the assembled throng. “We […]
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Chellie Pingree, Bruce Poliquin split on abortion measure
Maine’s two U.S. House members split Tuesday on a measure that would make it more difficult for women to get abortions. The proposal, approved on a mostly party-line vote, seeks to make a prohibition on taxpayer funding of abortion permanent and, for the first time, to stymie private insurance plans from offering coverage for abortions. […]
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Has an infant’s life been devalued?
Two recent judicial decisions in Maine disturb me. A mother was given a 10-to-15 year sentence for manslaughter. She put her newborn baby in a box and placed it, unattended, in a cold garage. Of course, the baby died. Didn’t the mother intend for her baby to die? Why is that not first-degree murder? Has […]
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Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion clinic regulations
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Supreme Court Vote | Graphiq The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were a thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get an abortion in the nation’s second-most populous state. Justice Stephen Breyer’s majority opinion for the court held that […]
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Defend the children
Terrorism is something that is carried on in other countries and, as well, on American soil. Since the war against terror began, thousands of servicemen have been killed. Another war started in 1973 — Roe versus Wade — and that war is taking place on U.S. soil. Every minute an act of terrorism is committed […]