Bath, Maine, 1919. Doris – 18, unmarried, motherless at 15, living in West Bath with sister’s family, employed at Texas Steamship Company – amid a relationship with a co-worker, becomes pregnant. Maine law allows unrestricted abortion until 24 weeks and after if necessary for the mother’s health. Now Gov. Mills seeks to change current law […]

The newspaper’s April 30 editorial (“Our View: Troubling child welfare report should light a fire under Maine”) was excellent. It stated what needs to be done to help serve the needs of children, especially the low income and disadvantaged ones. If I may, I now ask the newspaper to spell out exactly how to effect […]

The looming breach of our debt ceiling triggers a new round of Republican demands for reductions in government spending. Their threat of destroying our nation’s creditworthiness to extract budget concessions is irresponsible. Equally distressing is their insistence to achieve some of those reductions by cutting key components of President Biden’s clean energy initiative. The problem […]

I am writing in response to a letter in the April 30 Sunday Telegram headlined “Wishing I could undo my decision to have abortion.” While I appreciate the openness and honesty of the writer’s comments about regretting her decision to have an abortion at age 17, I feel I must remind the writer that it […]

I appreciate the work of Rep. John “Jack” Ducharme, R-Madison, and the Maine Legislature’s attempt to lower the state income tax burden for retirees as outlined in a recent op-ed (“Mainers are overtaxed – do the math,” April 23), through enactment of the Pension Income Deduction. Unfortunately, the Pension Income Deduction is helpful only to […]