In Maine, lawmakers are considering nearly a dozen bills, including Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed expansion to allow abortions after fetal viability if deemed medically necessary.
abortion rights
Posted inMaine, Politics
Lawmakers begin voting on nearly a dozen abortion bills
The bills tackled Tuesday evening didn’t include Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed expansion, which would allow abortions after fetal viability if deemed necessary from a medical professional.
advertisement
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Democrats advance Gov. Mills’ bill to expand abortion access in Maine
The bill was voted out of the Judiciary Committee on Friday but still faces additional votes in the full House and Senate.
Posted inNews
Here’s what the Supreme Court abortion pill ruling means and what’s next
Here’s what to know about the case, how we got here and what could be next.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News, Politics
Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
The justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug mifepristone.
Posted inPerspective
The abortion pill’s 1992 Supreme Court battle and the woman who started it
Leona Benten was 6½-weeks pregnant when she volunteered to be the test case in the 1992 legal fight over the legality of importing mifepristone.
Posted inPerspective
Abortion pill ruling threatens pharmaceutical innovation
Bringing new drugs to market is already expensive and time-consuming. Undercutting the FDA will only make it harder.
Posted inPerspective
Texas abortion pill ruling threatens FDA
This opens the door to the courts’ second-guessing any FDA approval — especially for drugs for controversial areas like gender-affirming care,’ expert says.
Posted inNation / World
Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order
In its appeal Monday, the Justice Department called the decision ‘extraordinary and unprecedented.’
Posted inNation / World, News
Next abortion battles may be among states with clashing laws
Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to prevent their residents from getting abortions in other states.