The FDA approved mifepristone – in combination with a second drug – in 2000 as a safe and effective method for ending a pregnancy.
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Douglas Rooks: Abortion bill needs careful scrutiny
For countless Americans, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Care was a cataclysm. A constitutional right that women and their families had possessed for nearly half a century was suddenly taken away. The only comparable ruling in the Supreme Court’s entire history is Dred Scott v. Sanford, handed down in 1857, […]
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On 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Portland rally shines light on abortion rights
Abortion rights proponents speak out against bans being considered in other states after the recently overturned Supreme Court precedent.
Posted inNation & World, News
Women’s marches to draw thousands on 50th anniversary of Roe
Organizers said they are now focusing on states after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe in June unleashed a flurry of abortion restrictions and near-total bans in more than a dozen states.
Posted inMaine
Mills said she wouldn’t seek to alter Maine abortion law. What changed?
Despite saying during the campaign that she had ‘no plans to change the current law,’ the governor has unveiled a bill that would extend abortion access beyond fetal viability when approved by a medical professional.
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With Roe dead, a very different March for Life returns to Washington
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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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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Supreme Court says it still hasn’t found who leaked abortion opinion
Ninety-seven employees of the court were formally interviewed; all denied disclosing the opinion but some later admitted they told their spouses.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Religion and Values
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.
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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.