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 […]
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Federal judge rules Portland can’t try to quiet down abortion protesters
PORTLAND (AP) — A federal judge says Portland cannot use its noise law to restrict anti-abortion protesters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen ruled Monday in favor of a Lewiston pastor who contended he was unlawfully targeted because of his views. Andrew March filed the lawsuit after a member of his […]
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Maine Family Planning to offer abortions via telemedicine
PORTLAND — Maine is set to become the third state where women can utilize telemedicine to access abortion pills to end early pregnancies without the need for an in-office consultation with a doctor. The operator of one of Maine’s three clinics, Augusta-based Maine Family Planning, announced Monday that it intends to allow patients to visit one […]