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Roe v. Wade

Published
June 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.
Published
May 10, 2024

Justice Kavanaugh says unpopular rulings can later become ‘fabric of American constitutional law’

Kavanaugh said some high court decisions from the 1950s and '60s on monumental issues including the iconic Brown v. Board of Education case that ended legal segregation in public schools – were unpopular when they were issued.
Published
May 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.
Published
April 29, 2024

Another View: Anti-abortion states should not deny pregnant women emergency care

Abortion care in the ER wasn’t much of an issue before Dobbs. Now it is.
Published
April 19, 2024

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Published
January 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.
Published
January 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.
Published
August 13, 2023

Our View: Where is the public on abortion access? The writing is on the wall

The groundswell of support for abortion rights nationwide is forcing reassessment and soul-searching by those in pursuit of restrictions and bans. At least, it should be.
Published
July 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.
Published
March 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.