Mon Jul 10, 2023 – 6:36 pm EDT
AUGUSTA, Maine (LifeSiteNews) – The Maine Legislature has given final approval to legislation allowing abortions anytime an abortionist deems it “medically necessary” during a pregnancy, setting up Maine to become one of the most abortion-lax states in the country.
LD 1619 allows for abortion up to birth “when it is necessary in the professional judgment” of a licensed physician legally permitted to commit an abortion, replacing the current cutoff point of fetal viability, after which abortions are only permitted if determined to be necessary to save a mother’s life.
The bill also removes criminal penalties for committing an elective late-term abortion without the necessary license and changes reporting standards to eliminate identifying information about a woman who obtains an abortion and only require details about the date, location, and method of the act, as well as the age of the baby when he or she is killed.
Fox News reported that the bill cleared its last hurdle Thursday with a 20-11 Senate vote, and now awaits a signature from Democrat Gov. Janet Mills. Once signed, the new law would add Maine to the six states (plus the District of
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