On behalf of the Maine Unitarian Universalist State Advocacy Network, which links more than 2,300 members in 26 churches across Maine in faith-based advocacy, I am writing in support of L.D. 1619, An Act to Improve Maine’s Reproductive Privacy Laws. Our Unitarian Universalist faith affirms that all of our bodies are sacred and that we […]

I strongly support and appreciate the Press Herald editorial board’s recent Sunday editorial “Troubling child welfare report should light a fire under Maine” (Our View, April 30). The Maine Children’s Alliance 2023 Maine Kids Count Data Book that the editorial refers to not only lays out the challenges facing Maine, but also lists many policy […]

Many thanks to the doctors, nurses, technicians and supreme professionals at Portland’s Maine Medical Center. They are the best. When our hearts go on the “blink,” it’s wonderful to know that these health care professionals are there to catch us, especially when we are caught unaware in our daily routine. Talking mainly about the cardiac […]

According to the Jan. 29 Our View, the Portland Press Herald editorial board believes the plan (L.D. 1619) to expand abortion access “is not ‘extreme.’ ” Most Americans don’t agree. They are against second- and third-trimester abortions. Even pro-choice Americans oppose late-term abortions. First, the vast majority of over 1,000 Mainers who testified about this […]

This spring, the Future of Life Institute called for an indefinite moratorium on future development of artificial intelligence because it is evolving too quickly for human beings to understand or control. As our nuclear weapons systems become more and more computer- and AI-dependent, the risk of accidental nuclear war will increase. In fact, the Union […]