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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Rising tide of hate overshadows passage of same-sex marriage law
Twelve Senate Republicans, including Susan Collins, helped pass the Respect for Marriage Act last week. But much of the rest of the party remains busy spreading hate and bigotry.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Justice Thurgood Marshall’s wife ‘Cissy’ Marshall dies at 94
The Supreme Court says the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall has died.
Posted inNation & World, News
Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake
The Colorado baker who won a partial Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a wedding cake for a gay couple may have broken laws again after refusing to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine, N.H. and Vermont see rising number of out-of-state patients seeking abortions
More than a dozen patients have come to northern New England from Georgia, Texas, Ohio and other states with new abortion restrictions, and some patients also are coming from other states in the Northeast where appointments are harder to get.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s power to combat climate change – but not Maine’s
The 6-3 decision Thursday will have few direct effects on Maine’s ambitious climate change efforts.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
A look at 50 years of Supreme Court abortion decisions
The Supreme Court has issued some major abortion rulings over the last 50 years
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Maine reproductive rights advocates say they’ll keep fighting in wake of Supreme Court decision
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday, Maine law will continue to protect access to abortion. But that legislation could come under scrutiny after the November election.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
More than 1,000 march in Portland to protest abortion ruling
The ruling means women no longer have a constitutional right to abortion, but Maine state law protects that right within state borders.
Posted inNation & World, News
In historic ruling, Supreme Court overturns abortion rights, freeing states to enact bans
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court.