Thu Jul 20, 2023 – 5:50 pm EDTThu Jul 20, 2023 – 5:55 pm EDT
AUGUSTA, Maine (LifeSiteNews) — Maine has legalized abortion up until birth for any reason deemed “necessary” by an abortionist.
Governor Janet Mills signed into law on Wednesday LD 1619, which distinguishes Maine as one of the few places in the world, including China and North Korea, to allow elective abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation.
Whereas Maine law previously only allowed abortions after fetal viability to “preserve the life or health of the mother,” according to LD 1619, abortions may be performed “when it is necessary in the professional judgment” of a physician abortionist.
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.
“Maine law should recognize that every pregnancy, like every woman, is different, and that politicians cannot and should not try to legislate the wide variety of difficult circumstances pregnant women
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