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A proposal to amend the Maine Constitution to establish a “right” to abortion failed to gain the necessary votes in the state legislature, effectively killing the effort for the time being.
By Dave Andrusko In a huge understatement, the Associated Press termed Maine’s new radically permissive law which takes effect today “one of country’s least restrictive abortion laws.” LD 1619, the new law, states, “After viability an abortion may be...
By Dave Andrusko On July 19, Maine’s radically pro-abortion Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 1619 whose permissive language allows abortion for any reason throughout pregnancy. While a typical headline downplayed how extreme the legislation is--“The bill would...
By Calvin Freiburger Editor’s note. This is excerpted from a post at LifeSiteNews. AUGUSTA, Maine– Two new pro-abortion laws took effect in Maine this past week, one expanding the ability to commit abortions from actual doctors to physician assistants and some types...
Please reject assisted suicide bills LD 1313, HPO948. Nancy Elliott I am a Former 3 term New Hampshire State Representative, and the Chair of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition USA. The three groups that are the target for Assisted Suicide are the sick, the elderly, and...
Based on what happened after Oregon legalized the practice, it's incompatible with values held by Mainers. Editor’s note. This article was written by Mike Reynolds and published by Press Herald on November 28, 2019. Maine residents are being asked to sign a petition...
By Dave Andrusko A 1979 Maine law, common at the time and prevalent nationwide today, requires that abortions be performed by physicians only. However, according to the Press Herald, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and “civil liberties groups,” such as the...
Editor’s note. This article was published by Not Dead Yet on June 16. The situation was tense. The Maine State Senate had pulled off a stunner by passing assisted suicide bill LD 347 by a vote of 16-15. We were nervous because two years ago, it was the Senate that...
By Wesley J. Smith We have been told over many years that assisted suicide is unstoppable, an idea for which the time has come. Baloney. Assisted suicide legalization efforts almost always lose. Now, in Maine. From the Portland Press Herald story: House lawmakers...
Editor’s note. This is excerpted from testimony given April 19th by disability rights activist Michael Reynolds from “Not Dead Yet” to the Maine legislature concerning LD 347 and 1066, two assisted suicide bills. He was addressing State Sen. Eric Brakey and state Rep....