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PublishedDecember 8, 2024
Abortion funds take on bigger role in Maine, nationwide as access shifts
Financial support for the nonprofit support groups has surged since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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PublishedJune 1, 2024
Maine Democrats warn against a second Trump term at state party convention
Gov. Janet Mills said voters have a clear choice this fall between two candidates, and 'one of them is a felon.' The party also articulated its policy platform.
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PublishedMay 9, 2024
States with abortion bans saw greater drops in medical school graduates applying for residencies
Figures released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges showed continuing declines after the group first spotted the difference in an analysis last year.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2024
Maine leaders ask U.S. Supreme Court to remove abortion pill restrictions
Attorney General Aaron Frey and Gov. Janet Mills join 23 other states in asking the justices to protect access to mifepristone.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2024
Chief Justice Roberts sidesteps Supreme Court’s ethics controversies in yearly report
Instead, he looked back on technological advancements in the nation’s court system, detailing developments from 19th-century quill pens to modern artificial intelligence.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2023
Maine has tacked left as nation lurches right in culture wars
Embracing the state motto – 'I lead' – Maine lawmakers led in a different direction, safeguarding and expanding access to abortion and gender-affirming care.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2023
Sen. Collins was lone Republican to oppose confirmation of Texas judge who’ll rule on abortion pill
But her critics point out that Matthew Kacsmaryk would likely be an obscure federal judge if the justices she voted to confirm to the Supreme Court had not helped to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2022
Farmington marches for reproductive rights
The rally and march, organized by students in the University of Maine at Farmington Democrats, was in response to the June overturning of the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed Americans the constitutional right to an abortion.
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PublishedJune 28, 2022
Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills
Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure
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PublishedJune 28, 2022
Young women react with shock, resolve to court’s decision to overturn abortion rights
As some women in their 20s feel they have lost a constitutional right many had taken for granted, Maine law still allows for abortions.
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