The shock of the Dobbs decision should mobilize people to fight for the whole range of human rights now under threat.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: Court puts abortion in the political arena, where it belongs
In a democracy, elected officials, not judges, should pass laws that resolve complex moral, spiritual and cultural disputes.
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Maine Voices: Well-intentioned land-mine policy could cost lives
US mines are programmed to avoid the kinds of longterm dangers that international agencies are trying to prevent.
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Maine Voices: Welcoming new Mainers will address our labor shortage
Stalled U.S. immigration policy is limiting Maine businesses’ ability hire the workers they need to grow.
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Maine Voices: Chilling historical echoes in Supreme Court’s anti-privacy agenda
The erosion of civil liberties, tolerated by the most of the public, was how the Nazi regime took control in Germany.
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Maine Voices: Students say they are losing hope, and we need to listen
Teens report that nothing can be done to fix their school and nobody cares. Can we prove them wrong?
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Maine Voices: James G. Blaine, Maine and the ‘wall of separation’
It’s fitting that the Supreme Court used a Maine case to permit public funding for religious schools since the prohibition got its start with a Maine politician.
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Maine Voices: Supreme Court puts an end to Maine’s anti-Catholic school policy
It wasn’t church-run schools, but Catholic Church-run schools that were the original target of the state’s school tuition exclusion.
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Maine Voices: Women should talk about their experiences with abortion care
Maintaining silence about this common, safe form of health care perpetuates the notion that it’s something to be ashamed of.
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Maine Voices: I’d rather be woke than asleep
How should we respond to people who believe God wants them to vilify innocent people? With love.