{"id":283827,"date":"2023-01-23T10:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=283827"},"modified":"2023-01-19T22:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T04:45:08","slug":"maine-lawmakers-abortion-expansion-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/maine-lawmakers-abortion-expansion-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine lawmakers introduce abortion expansion package, including abortion up to birth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maine Democrats have introduced legislation to further expand abortion in the state, including allowing abortion up to birth.<\/p>\n

According to the Bangor Daily News<\/a>, the expansion package includes a bill that would eliminate the state’s current viability standard for abortions deemed medically necessary, thereby allowing abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy. Other legislation would make it easier for abortionists to commit abortions on out-of-state women, eliminate insurance cost-sharing for abortion, and prohibit cities and towns from restricting abortion access<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Senate President Troy Jackson and House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross are co-sponsoring the bill that would remove gestational limits for abortion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur proposed legislation makes clear that we will treat abortion for what it is, a safe medical procedure,\u201d Talbot Ross said. \u201cWe will make it clear we trust medical professionals to provide care that is in their best judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gov. Janet Mills defended the legislation, noting the case of a woman who traveled to Colorado so that she could abort a child who was 32 weeks gestation, due to a “rare fetal condition.”<\/p>\n

“While Maine\u2019s abortion laws are strong, they nonetheless still prevented Dana and other women in a similar position from being able to obtain abortion care later in pregnancy in Maine,\u201d Mills said. \u201cThe decision to have an abortion should be made by a woman in consultation with her medical provider and no one else.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, it is never necessary to kill a child for a fetal diagnosis. Even if doctors predict that the child will not survive birth, she can still be given medical attention and palliative care that would allow her to pass comfortably. Instead, abortion violently and traumatically kills that child without giving her any chance at life.<\/p>\n