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 […]
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Letter to the editor: Congress should find middle ground on abortion
OK. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. How about we ask our elected representatives in Washington, D.C., to act like adults and construct and pass an abortion bill that most voters would support? It would not cater to the extreme right, which would ban contraception, the “morning after” pill or abortions after rape or […]
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Letter to the editor: Abortion is not just a women’s issue
I was inspired to write this letter after reading two separate articles on the Press Herald website: “Maine prepares for increase in out-of-state abortion seekers” (June 26) and an older piece “What abortion rights mean to me.” (May 15) I, like millions of other Americans, am saddened by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down […]
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Letter to the editor: DA should do more for violence victims
The Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office needs to do more to protect future victims of domestic violence. Reading the article about the tragic passing of Nicole Mokeme had me very confused when I learned about murder suspect Ray Lester’s criminal history. This is a man who had been arrested and charged with domestic violence assault […]
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Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins owes women an apology
Her refusal to accept any responsibility for allowing herself to be misled by high court candidates is childish and a disservice to the people of Maine.
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Letter to the editor: Pro-life movement should fight for poor families
If abortion had been legal in 1944, I might not be here today. But it wasn’t and I am. My birth was a financial hardship for my family. My parents were in their 40s, with a 16-month-old, my sister. In 1945, at the end of World War II, my father was laid off by the […]
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Letter to the editor: Supreme Court is the threat to democracy
Many of us have been wondering for years what life in the United States would be like if Donald Trump, with all his authoritarian leanings, had won a second term. It is no secret that he admires regimes in which presidential power is unchecked by an effective legislature or an independent judiciary and in which […]
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Letter to the editor: Outlawing abortion is not ‘pro-life’
On the contrary, for some it will be a death sentence.
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Letter to the editor: Religious beliefs should not drive abortion policy
First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” Surely it follows that legislators and courts likewise must not introduce personal religious beliefs into laws or decisions, but this is exactly what is happening. Let alone the misinterpreting of the Constitution, the repeal of Roe […]
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Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins failed women with court votes
What will Sen. Susan Collins do to hold accountable the justices whom she says lied to her so they could secure her approval at their confirmation hearings? Lives will be destroyed. Raped women and girls will be forced to carry to term. Children who were raped by a relative will be forced to carry to […]