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Do you think Maine’s Constitution needs to be amended to protect abortion access?

Gov. Janet Mills says her administration is discussing whether the state Constitution needs to be amended to protect a woman’s right to have an abortion. It’s also possible her administration concludes that the right to abortion access is already guaranteed in the state Constitution.

The issue has taken center stage ever since the U.S. Supreme Court voted in June to overturn Roe V. Wade, which had guaranteed a woman’s right to legal and safe abortions, a protection that had been in place nationally for 50 years. The decision was the culmination of a decades-long effort by Republicans to secure a majority on the nation’s highest court to overturn the decision.

Mills expanded abortion access in her first term as governor and signed an executive order protecting women who come from out-of-state to receive one here. Now, she is running for reelection against former Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican who is opposed to abortion.

Maine codified a women’s right to an abortion legislatively in 1993, under an effort led by former Republican Gov. John McKernan.

But what do you think? Do you think Maine’s Constitution needs to be amended to protect abortion access? Let us know what you think the poll and comments below.

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