Gov. Janet Mills’ signature late-term abortion bill, the very bill she said she would not support during her re-election campaign, is expected to receive her signature later this week following final passage Tuesday in both the Senate and the House.
The bill passed 21-13 in the Senate and 73-69 in the House.
Almost all restrictions on abortion will be eliminated when the bill becomes law.
Previously, abortion in Maine had been limited for 30 years by a 24-week viability threshold, with a few exceptions for cases coming after that point, such as when the life of the mother is in jeopardy or the baby has received a fatal diagnosis.
Once LD 1619 becomes law, abortion will be legal at any point and for any reason during a pregnancy.
The bill was a major priority of Planned Parenthood, one of the largest providers of abortions in America and Maine.
The organization spent more than $830,000 backing Gov. Mills and her Democratic allies in the Legislature in the 2022 election cycle.
In the Senate earlier Tuesday, Democrats killed an amendment that would have placed a four-year moratorium on the sale or transfer of fetal tissue remains.
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Bottom line, dirty money for baby parts….hope that sinks in. Oh, wait, these are stonehearted money grubbing cretins. God’s crowbar of righteous judgement will deal with them.
The vote was the exact opposite in numbers in the Senate on rejecting background checks. Anyone else notice that? While I’m okay on the background checks because of the way the law was written, where were those brains when we needed votes to not murder innocent babies via hypocritical doctors, lousy mothers and/or fathers, for body parts? Out respectfully burying coyotes, coddling the mentally ill, LGBTQ’s and illegals or counting their ill-gotten money? Good grief!
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I’ve never seen such a bunch of disgusting evil politicians in my life! It’s called” PUBERTY” ! so now the left/Marxist want to call it gender dysphoria. Give me a break . If ANYONE cannot see what this is all about by now , I encourage you to watch video of the ridiculous sharade posing as a “parade” through NYC the other day. And I quote, ” WE’RE HERE WE’RE QUEER, AND WE’RE COMMING FOR YOUR KIDS” . WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
Abortion shouldn’t be abort the mothers’ well being.
Where are the child’s rights? As a minimum, the child should have the same rights to life as any human upon reaching viability.
What happens when the doctor looks at the mother and ASSUMES it is in her best interest not to have the baby. Could doctors be the future of eugenics? Will the medical profession start deciding abortions based on genetic codes?
Stay tuned.
Abortion shouldn’t be about the mothers’ well being.
Where are the child’s rights? As a minimum, the child should have the same rights to life as any human upon reaching viability.
What happens when the doctor looks at the mother and ASSUMES it is in her best interest not to have the baby. Could doctors be the future of eugenics? Will the medical profession start deciding abortions based on genetic codes?
Stay tuned.