As they stream to the National Mall on Friday, abortion opponents and their movement are stepping into a new, uncertain era.
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Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Judith Selzer: Death of Roe v. Wade sparked generation of abortion rights advocates
This Jan. 22, we should be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Instead, our country is confronting a stark reality in which younger generations have fewer rights than the last and one in three Americans no longer have the right to safe, legal abortion in their home state. Anti-abortion forces want us to […]
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Bishop Deeley calls proposal to allow abortions late in pregnancy ‘beyond troubling’
While the leader of Maine’s Catholics is vocal in his opposition to Gov. Mills’ bill, other religious leaders are divided.
Posted inLocal & State
Yarmouth woman was 8 months pregnant when she learned her baby had a lethal disorder
After being told her son would die in the womb or shortly after birth, Dana Peirce had to fly to Colorado to get an abortion because it wasn’t allowed under Maine law. Her story inspired Gov. Mills’ bid to allow medically approved abortions throughout a pregnancy.
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Gov. Mills to introduce legislation to expand access to abortion throughout pregnancy
One of four bills to be introduced would allow abortion at any point in a pregnancy with the approval of a qualified medical professional.
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Commentary: 50 years after Roe v. Wade, we must take abortion into our own hands
The consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization are especially severe for low-income, Black, Indigenous and other people of color.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Maine’s Democratic representatives criticize Republican moves in U.S. House
Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree opposed a number of measures pushed by the new congressional majority.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News, Politics
House Republicans push anti-abortion measures with new majority
In the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Americans elected Senate Democrats ‘to be a firewall’ against what he said are Republicans’ extreme views.
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Commentary: Abortion pills in pharmacies are the future. But the FDA must do more to expand access
Although last week’s action is encouraging, the FDA is maintaining other restrictions on this essential medicine without medical justification.
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South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
The 3-2 decision comes nearly two years after Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed the measure into law.