A speaker at a Portland Roe v. Wade protest got it wrong: The start of ‘personhood,’ not human life, is the philosophical question.
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Letter to the editor: Short-term rentals keep tourist spending local
One of the many things that make Portland unique is its independence. Independent and locally owned businesses support the community by keeping dollars spent here from flowing out of state. In the last several years, most of the hotels developed in Portland have become owned by large corporations or groups outside of Maine. Lots of […]
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Letter to the editor: Justice demands more justices on Supreme Court
Nine is not sacrosanct; indeed, the number has varied over the years.
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Letter to the editor: If Collins cares, she’ll do more than complain
I’m mad. I’m sad. I’m at a loss for what to do. Part of that comes from the overwhelming size of the scope of the fire that the Supreme Court lit in overturning Roe v. Wade. But when I begin to look around for those responsible, I’m brought right home to my senator, Susan Collins. […]
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Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins should resign over court votes
Sen. Susan Collins made a grave error in voting to approve Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. She justified her support on the basis of their assurances that they would abide by precedent in considering future challenges to Roe v. Wade, assurances that have proven to be false. In not protecting the […]
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Letter to the editor: Eliminate all abortion laws
Criminal laws work only when a vast majority of citizens agree the “crime” should be punished.
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Letter to the editor: The fight for Maine women’s rights will be fought in Augusta
Thank you to Greg Kesich for clearly outlining Susan Collins’ complicity in the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court. Now it will be a state-by-state fight for women to retain that most basic human and constitutional right to control our own bodies. I have no sympathy for Collins’ whining that she was […]
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Letter to the editor: Stop calling anti-abortion activists ‘pro-life’
I cringe when reporters use the term “pro-life” to describe anti-abortion people or groups. These folks are not pro-life in any meaningful sense, as many readers have pointed out. They are believers in forced pregnancy. They are anti-abortion, even for cases of rape, incest and likely maternal or fetal death or injury. Their cruelty in […]
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Letter to the editor: Young man’s tragic death offers a safety lesson
After reading Truc Huynh’s obituary and the followup articles, I felt I had to respond. A bright, intelligent, hard working young man was lost to us and maybe it could have been prevented. In his obituary, it was noted that he wasn’t wearing a life jacket and his companion, who was wearing a PFD, survived. […]
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Letter to the editor: Let’s commit to women’s health after Roe
The Supreme Court has provided us with a new directive due to extreme right appointees who did not mind lying to get their life-term positions. The overturning of Roe v. Wade is in opposition to majority of voters in the country. The deed has nonetheless been done, and we need to determine how to move […]